Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge

Description:

Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge, located twenty miles west of Springfield in Lawrence County, MO, was acquired in 1991 to protect a Federally endangered species, the Ozark cavefish. Turnback Creek Cave Spring is located on this property and is the outlet of an underground stream known to contain a population of the endangered Ozark cavefish. The forty-acre refuge is managed by staff at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, in Puxico, MO.

Directions:

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Address:

Lawrence County MO

Phone:

573-222-3589

Email:

ozarkcavefish@fws.gov

Organization:

FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service