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Northwest Fisheries District Aquatic Habitat Project List
The Northwest Fisheries District encompasses 16 counties with the largest land area but only
contains 5% of the population (91,110). The district has the highest number of public lakes at
178 containing over 32,752 surface acres of water. Much of this district encompasses the
Sandhills lakes region and contains most of the cold-water stream resources in the state.
View of a Sandhills lake.
