page_title: Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
section_title: Trails
hierarchical_section_title: Mingo National Wildlife Refuge / Facilities / Trails
caption_attribution_description: English: A section of the boardwalk over the swamp at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in mid-March. The color saturation has been adjusted in this image. In all other respects it is exactly as recorded by the camera.
context_page_description: The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is a 21,676-acre National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Stoddard and southeastern Wayne counties in Missouri. Its southwesternmost portion lies on the shores of Lake Wappapello. Named after the Mingo tribe, it was established to preserve bottomland hardwoods and provide waterfowl and other migratory birds in the Mississippi Flyway with nesting, feeding, brooding, and resting habitat.
  The refuge is maintained with a 9-person staff, with a fiscal year 2004 budget of $1.2 million.
context_section_description: The refuge has three designated trails along with 50 mi (80 km) of unmarked trails:
caption: A section of boardwalk trail leads to an observation platform.
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