Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge i 1966 ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua e hoʻolako i nā wahi hoʻomaha a me ka hānai ʻana no nā moa wai i ko lākou neʻe makahiki. ʻO ka puʻuhonua ma luna o 7,724 ʻeka.
Ma waho aʻe o ka nānā ʻana holoholona lōhiu, hāʻawi ka puʻuhonua i nā manawa kūpono no ka lawaiʻa ʻana, ka holoholo ʻana, ke kiʻi ʻana a me ka leʻaleʻa ʻana i ke kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka mikiona puʻuhonua e hoʻihoʻi, mālama, a mālama i kahi hui o ka nahele, kahi wai wai, a me kahi noho mauʻu no nā iʻa, holoholona lōhiu, a me nā kānaka. Ma mua o 280 mau ʻano manu i ʻike ʻia ma Muscatatuck, a ʻike ʻia ka puʻuhonua ma ke ʻano he manu nui ʻo "Continentally Important".
