Laguna Atascosa Refuge
Southwest Region
"Conserving the Nature of America"
 

Welcome

On the most southern tip of Texas, along the shores of the Laguna Madre, dense patches of thorny brush rise among unique wind-blown clay dunes called “lomas.” In a region of Texas some call the last great habitat, thorn forest intermingles with freshwater wetlands, coastal prairies, mudflats and beaches.  Here, where tropical and temperate zones overlap, the endangered ocelot silently hunts within the brushlands, white-tailed deer browse on a banquet of plants, aplomado falcons soar above the grasslands and nearly half of all the bird species found in the continental United States rest, feed, nest and migrate. 
 
Bayside View  
Bayside Drive and view of the Laguna Madre in the distance. Photo by USFWS.
  

 

 

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (66Mb)

 

  

 

 

 
blue goose refuge logo with links to brochure, species lists, refuge maps, plans
Last updated: March 23, 2011
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