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For a century, this upper Mississippi River refuge has been an ecological oasis. What comes next?

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge celebrates its centennial this month with dozens of events aimed at getting people out to explore its beauty and unique value. It protects more than 240,000 acres of river floodplain — the kind that, elsewhere in the watershed, has been heavily developed or converted for farmland.

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