Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), is located in Holt County in northwest Missouri, approximately midway between Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska, 2.5 miles off Interstate Highway 29 (Figure1). This 7,415-acre refuge includes approximately 6,700 acres of floodplain that is managed as wetland, grassland and riparian habitats that attract up to 475 Bald Eagles, 300,000 Snow Geese, and 200,000 ducks during fall and winter seasons.