Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife area in North Dakota within the Devils Lake Wetland Management District. It is a limited-interest refuge, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service holding an easement on privately owned land so habitat can be managed without federal ownership of the property. This refuge model emerged in the 1930s and 1940s as declining waterfowl populations and New Deal conservation programs reshaped habitat protection during the Great Depression. At Rose Lake, federal management focuses on habitat conditions, including water levels, and on restricting hunting under the easement, while the refuge itself remains closed to public access.