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| | Wilderness.net- Medicine Lake Wilderness |
 | | The United States Congress designated the Medicine Lake Wilderness in 1976 and it now has a total of 11,366 acres. |
 | | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1935, contains 31,467 acres of water, marsh, and uplands bordering the great prairie pothole duck production region, an area within the ancestral flight path of ducks, geese, swans, sand-hill cranes, and sometimes whooping cranes. |
 | | Waterfowl hunting is permitted on the east end of the refuge, and sportfishing is allowed on the waters of at least eight lakes, including Medicine Lake. |
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