Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge

Refuge is a rocky island that rises from the waters of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, Nevada. The 247-acre island was set aside by President Woodrow Wilson as a preserve and breeding ground for colony-nesting birds. In 1940, Anaho Island was redesignated as a national wildlife refuge. Public Law 101-618, passed in 1990, recognized Anaho Island as part of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation to be administered by the Service in Fallon, Nevada. Public Law 101-618 supersedes the previous legislation and Executive Order. Refuge was established for the benefit and protection of colonial nesting species and other migratory birds. It supports breeding colonies of American white pelicans, double-crested cormorants, California gulls, Caspian terns, great blue herons, black-crowned night-herons, and snowy egrets.

Location: P.O. Box 1236, c/o Stillwater NWR, Fallon Nevada 89407 Telephone 702-23-5128 Fax 702-23-0416

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