Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Towner County, North Dakota, is part of the Devils Lake Wetland Management District. It is a limited-interest refuge, a form established in the 1930s and 1940s as waterfowl numbers fell and Depression-era work programs expanded conservation efforts. Here, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages wildlife habitat through an easement on privately owned land rather than through full public ownership. The refuge itself is closed to public access, but wildlife may be observed from nearby public roads.