Map showing the location of Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (abbreviated as the CMR NWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the U.S. state of Montana. The refuge surrounds Fort Peck Reservoir and is 915,814 acres (3,706.17 km) in size.^[2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the lower 48 states of the United States,^[3] and the largest in Montana.^[4] Created in 1936,^[5] it was originally called the Fort Peck Game Range.^[6] It was renamed in 1963 after Montana artist Charles M. Russell, a famous painter of the American West.^[3] In 1976, the "range" was made a "refuge" (which legally changed the way the area was managed).^[4]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge