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The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	breeding	2004	262 males	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Missouri	National Recreation River	71
-	Running Water Game Production Area	State Wildlife Management Area	1
-	Karl E. Mundt	National Wildlife Refuge	<1
-	Frost	Wilderness	<1
-	Warren	Wilderness	<1
-	Myron Grove	State Wildlife Management Area	<1
-	Pickstown Game Production Area	State Wildlife Management Area	<1
-	Randall Creek	Recreation Area	<1
-	Clay County	State Recreation Area	<1
-	Donnelly	State Wildlife Management Area	<1
-	Cusick	State Wildlife Management Area	<1
-	Chief White Crane	Recreation Area	<1
1982	Bohemia Prairie	Wildlife Management Area	<1
1999	WRP_Knox, NE (31107)	Environmental System	2
2003	Elk Point Bend	Wildlife Management Area	<1
2007	WRP_Knox, NE (31107)	Environmental System	7
2007	WRP_Cedar, NE (31027)	Conservation Easement	<1
2010	WRP_Dixon, NE (31051)	Environmental System	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Missouri National Recreational River (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/missouri-national-recreational-river-iba-usa on 24/11/2024.