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Wildlife Refuges Severely Impacted by Hurricane Ike: Some Facilities Completely Lost, Remain Closed to Public   Coastal marsh before Hurricane Ike. Photo: USFWS   Coastal marsh after Hurricane Ike. Photo: USFWS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is reporting that due to impacts caused by Hurricane Ike, four National Wildlife Refuges (Refuge) on the Texas Gulf Coast remain closed to the public. The Texas Chenier Plains Complex, which includes Anahuac, Texas Point, Moody, and McFaddin Refuges, sustained a direct hit from the hurricane and almost total destruction of all facilities. Until further notice, all public activities on these four refuges are being suspended. This includes public visitation, and all previously scheduled events and hunts. Read More

Bayous weave through a seemingly endless expanse of cordgrass; reptilian eyes at the water's surface witness the ever-changing variety of waterfowl; and the call of the clapper rail reverberates through the marsh. For hundreds of years, many of the sights and sounds within this dynamic ecosystem have gone untouched. Through strong partnerships, sound management and education, the hope and expectations are they will continue for hundreds more.

Welcome to the McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges, located on the upper Texas Coast. The two refuges supply important feeding and resting areas for migrating and wintering populations of waterfowl.

Established in 1980 and 1979, respectively, the 55,000 acre McFaddin NWR protects one of the largest remaining freshwater marshes on the Texas Coast and thousands of acres of intermediate to brackish marsh. Neighboring Texas Point NWR encompasses 8,900 acres of fresh to salt marsh with some wooded uplands and prairie ridges.

McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges are two of the 540 refuges that comprise the National Wildlife Refuge System, a national network of lands and waters set aside for the benefit of wildlife, and you!

McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges

McFaddin Refuge Manager, Dean Bossert
P.O. Box 358
Sabine Pass, Texas 77655
E-mail: fw2_rw_mcfaddin@fws.gov
Office: 409.971.2909
Fax: 409.971.2104

 

 

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