Welcome...

...to Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge – one of two new national wildlife refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In January, 2004, legislation sponsored by Senator Thad Cochran and Congressman Bennie Thompson established the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge. The legislation also:

• Changed the name of Central Mississippi Refuge Complex to Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex
• Included provisions to design and construct the Holt Collier Environmental Education and Interpretation Center at a location in the south Delta region
• Established a new Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge is currently in the form of scattered Farmers Home Administration lands totaling 6,600 acres. No additional land was purchased to establish the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge. These FmHA lands were previously in the inventory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and had been transferred to the Fish & Wildlife Service’s Refuge System for management. Plans are underway to exchange these FmHA lands (which are scattered throughout 7 counties) with one contiguous tract of land near Onward, Mississippi.