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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens	LC	passage	1997	300,000 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1990	25,000 individuals	A4i
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis	LC	passage	1995	75,000 individuals	A4i
Whooping Crane Grus americana	EN	passage	1997	2 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1990	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Wreford	Crown Pasture	5,655	protected area overlaps with site	0
Wreford	Community Pasture	5,636	protected area overlaps with site	880
Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection	1,387,408	protected area overlaps with site	0
Private Conservation Lands	Private Conservation Lands	227,874	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nokomis	Crown Pasture	5,580	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nokomis	Community Pasture	5,956	protected area overlaps with site	2,600
Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area	National Wildlife Area	10,906	protected area contained by site	0
Last Mountain Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	4,843	protected area contained by site	13,000
Last Mountain Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	4,843	protected area contained by site	5,400
Last Mountain Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	15,602	protected area contained by site	15,602
Fish And Wildlife Development Fund	Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Land	92,459	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppe & dry calcareous	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater marshes & swamps, Ephemeral, Saline & alkaline lakes	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards & groves, Improved pasture land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
hunting	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/11490 on 03/06/2023.