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Red
River National Wildlife Refuge
 Refuge Overview: Located along the Red River in the Caddo, Bossier, Desoto, Red River and Natchitoches Parishes in Northwest Louisiana, the Red River National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most recent additions to the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge was authorized by Public Law 106-300 on October 13, 2000, and on June 12, 2002, the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (MBCC) approved a 16,437 acre boundary for the refuge. Migratory Bird Conservation Funds, which include your Federal Duck Stamp dollars, were used in June 2002 to purchase the first tract of land for the refuge. On March 3, 2004, the MBCC approved the acquisition of an additional 320 acres of migratory waterfowl habitat.
Wyman Meinzer/USFWS
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and Habitat: Currently used for row crop agriculture,
some tracts will be returned to bottomland
hardwood forest. Other sections of the refuge that have yet to
be acquired include oxbow lakes, wet fields, and some bottomland
hardwood forest. The Red River National Wildlife Refuge serves
as a wintering area for mallards, pintails, and wood ducks as
they migrate along the Mississippi Flyway, as well as providing
key habitat for a variety of wading birds, shore birds, neotropical
migrants, endangered species, and other wildlife. |
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| Recreation Opportunities: For
the public, this refuge provides numerous recreational, research,
and educational opportunities, appealing to hunters, bird watchers
and scientists alike.
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