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The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges. It is located in Alfalfa County in northern Oklahoma, north of Jet (pop. 230), along Great Salt Plains Lake, which is formed by a dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.

The park was established in 1930 and contains over 11,000 acres (45 km²) of protected land as habitat to approximately 312 species of birds and 30 species of mammals.

Chemical Weapons

In 2007 it became apparent that WMD had been buried in the Refuge when a Boy Scout uncovered a collection of vials containing mustard gas.

External links

• Salt Plains NWR

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