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Refuge"><img alt="Map showing the location of Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/300px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/450px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/600px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.745%;left:18.069%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge"><img alt="Map showing the location of Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" 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National Wildlife Refuge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Relief_map_of_U.S.%2C_Nevada.png/300px-Relief_map_of_U.S.%2C_Nevada.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="441" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Relief_map_of_U.S.%2C_Nevada.png/450px-Relief_map_of_U.S.%2C_Nevada.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Relief_map_of_U.S.%2C_Nevada.png/600px-Relief_map_of_U.S.%2C_Nevada.png 2x" data-file-width="882" data-file-height="1297" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.37%;left:74.306%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge"><img alt="Map showing the location of Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Nevada)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Nevada</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="locality"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elko_County,_Nevada" title="Elko County, Nevada">Elko County</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_Pine_County,_Nevada" title="White Pine County, Nevada">White Pine County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ruby_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge&params=40.202_N_115.493_W_region:US-NV_type:landmark_dim:13km"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°12′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">115°29′35″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.202°N 115.493°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.202; -115.493</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">39,928 acres (161.58 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1938</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fws.gov/refuge/ruby_lake/">Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge</b> is located in southwestern <a href="/wiki/Elko_County,_Nevada" title="Elko County, Nevada">Elko County</a> and adjacent northwestern <a href="/wiki/White_Pine_County,_Nevada" title="White Pine County, Nevada">White Pine County</a> in the remote <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a> area of the northeastern section of the state of <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western United States</a>. Established in 1938, near the end of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1930s" title="1930s">1930s</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt,_first_and_second_terms" title="Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms">presidential administration</a> of 32nd President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> (1882-1945, served 1933-1945), as of 2023 it encompasses 39,928 acres (161.58 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetlands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Valley" title="Ruby Valley">Ruby Valley</a>, just east of the <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Mountains" title="Ruby Mountains">Ruby Mountains</a> and just south of Harrison Pass. It is 16 miles (26 km) long, up to 3 miles (4.8 km) in width, and lies at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 m). Once the bed of an ancient 200-foot (61 m) deep lake, it is now a network of spring-fed <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshes</a> and shallow ponds serving as a <a href="/wiki/Habitat_(ecology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Habitat (ecology)">habitat</a> for hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of native and migratory <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>. </p><p>The Refuge is administered by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a>, a longtime agency unit of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a>. A Visitor's Center (located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ruby_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge&params=40.202167_N_115.492833_W_type:landmark_region:US-NV"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°12′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">115°29′34″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.202167°N 115.492833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.202167; -115.492833</span></span></span></a></span></span>) and auto-tour route allow for discreet viewing of waterfowl. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="width:auto;max-width:708px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RubyValleyNV.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruby Valley, looking north from near Overland Pass. The Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Nevada is the dark geen area in the valley floor at left."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/RubyValleyNV.jpg/700px-RubyValleyNV.jpg" decoding="async" width="700" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/RubyValleyNV.jpg/1050px-RubyValleyNV.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/RubyValleyNV.jpg/1400px-RubyValleyNV.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1587" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:RubyValleyNV.jpg" title="File:RubyValleyNV.jpg"> </a></div>Ruby Valley, looking north from near Overland Pass. The <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge</a> in northeastern <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> is the dark geen area in the valley floor at left.</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ruby_Marsh">Ruby Marsh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruby_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ruby Marsh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ruby Marsh is a wetlands area within the national refuge, which serves as a nesting area for "the greater <a href="/wiki/Sandhill_crane" title="Sandhill crane">sandhill crane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trumpeter_swan" title="Trumpeter swan">trumpeter swan</a>". In 1972, Ruby Marsh, which is located within the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge</a>, was designated as a <a href="/wiki/National_Natural_Landmark" title="National Natural Landmark">National Natural Landmark</a> by the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruby_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=RUMA-NV">"National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)"</a>. <i>www.nps.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-03-24</span></span>. <q>It is a stopover and nesting area for many migratory birds, including the greater sandhill crane and trumpeter swan.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.nps.gov&rft.atitle=National+Natural+Landmarks+-+National+Natural+Landmarks+%28U.S.+National+Park+Service%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fsubjects%2Fnnlandmarks%2Fsite.htm%3FSite%3DRUMA-NV&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuby+Lake+National+Wildlife+Refuge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruby_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span 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Wilderness">Black Rock Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Peak_Wilderness" title="Boundary Peak Wilderness">Boundary Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_Canyon_Wilderness" title="Bridge Canyon Wilderness">Bridge Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristlecone_Wilderness" title="Bristlecone Wilderness">Bristlecone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calico_Mountains_Wilderness" title="Calico Mountains Wilderness">Calico Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clover_Mountains_Wilderness" title="Clover Mountains Wilderness">Clover Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currant_Mountain_Wilderness" title="Currant Mountain Wilderness">Currant Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_Valley_National_Park" title="Death Valley National Park">Death Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delamar_Mountains_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delamar Mountains Wilderness (page does not exist)">Delamar Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Fork_High_Rock_Canyon_Wilderness" title="East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness">East Fork High Rock Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Humboldt_Wilderness" title="East Humboldt Wilderness">East Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldorado_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Eldorado Wilderness">Eldorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_South_Egans_Wilderness" title="Far South Egans Wilderness">Far South Egans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortification_Range_Wilderness" title="Fortification Range Wilderness">Fortification Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goshute_Canyon_Wilderness" title="Goshute Canyon Wilderness">Goshute Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Peak_Wilderness" title="Government Peak Wilderness">Government Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Range_Wilderness" title="Grant Range Wilderness">Grant Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Rock_Canyon_Wilderness" title="High Rock Canyon Wilderness">High Rock Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Rock_Lake_Wilderness" title="High Rock Lake Wilderness">High Rock Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Schells_Wilderness" title="High Schells Wilderness">High Schells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Ridge_Wilderness" title="Highland Ridge Wilderness">Highland Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireteba_Peaks_Wilderness" title="Ireteba Peaks Wilderness">Ireteba Peaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarbidge_Wilderness" title="Jarbidge Wilderness">Jarbidge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimbilnan_Wilderness" title="Jimbilnan Wilderness">Jimbilnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jumbo_Springs_Wilderness" title="Jumbo Springs Wilderness">Jumbo Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Madre_Mountains_Wilderness" title="La Madre Mountains Wilderness">La Madre Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Canyon_Wilderness" title="Lime Canyon Wilderness">Lime Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_High_Rock_Canyon_Wilderness" title="Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness">Little High Rock Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meadow_Valley_Range_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meadow Valley Range Wilderness (page does not exist)">Meadow Valley Range</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_Mountains_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mormon Mountains Wilderness (page does not exist)">Mormon Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Charleston_Wilderness" title="Mount Charleston Wilderness">Mt Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Grafton_Wilderness" title="Mount Grafton Wilderness">Mt Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Irish_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Irish Wilderness">Mt Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Moriah_Wilderness" title="Mount Moriah Wilderness">Mt Moriah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rose_Wilderness" title="Mount Rose Wilderness">Mt Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Mountains_Wilderness" title="Muddy Mountains Wilderness">Muddy Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Wash_Wilderness" title="Nellis Wash Wilderness">Nellis Wash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Black_Rock_Range_Wilderness" title="North Black Rock Range Wilderness">North Black Rock Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Jackson_Mountains_Wilderness" title="North Jackson Mountains Wilderness">North Jackson Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_McCullough_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="North McCullough Wilderness">North McCullough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahute_Peak_Wilderness" title="Pahute Peak Wilderness">Pahute Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsnip_Peak_Wilderness" title="Parsnip Peak Wilderness">Parsnip Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinto_Valley_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinto Valley Wilderness">Pinto Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Canyon_Wilderness" title="Quinn Canyon Wilderness">Quinn Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Mountain_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rainbow Mountain Wilderness (page does not exist)">Rainbow Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Mountain_Wilderness" title="Red Mountain Wilderness">Red Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Mountains_Wilderness" title="Ruby Mountains Wilderness">Ruby Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa%E2%80%93Paradise_Peak_Wilderness" title="Santa Rosa–Paradise Peak Wilderness">Santa Rosa–Paradise Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shellback_Wilderness" title="Shellback Wilderness">Shellback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Egan_Range_Wilderness" title="South Egan Range Wilderness">South Egan Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Jackson_Mountains_Wilderness" title="South Jackson Mountains Wilderness">South Jackson Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_McCullough_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="South McCullough Wilderness">South McCullough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Pahroc_Range_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Pahroc Range Wilderness (page does not exist)">South Pahroc Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Mountain_Wilderness" title="Spirit Mountain Wilderness">Spirit Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Table_Mountain_Wilderness" title="Table Mountain Wilderness">Table Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tunnel_Spring_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tunnel Spring Wilderness (page does not exist)">Tunnel Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wee_Thump_Joshua_Tree_Wilderness" title="Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness">Wee Thump Joshua Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weepah_Spring_Wilderness" title="Weepah Spring Wilderness">Weepah Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Pine_Range_Wilderness" title="White Pine Range Wilderness">White Pine Range</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Rock_Range_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Rock Range Wilderness (page does not exist)">White Rock Range</a></li> <li><a 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