Green River
Henderson, KY 42420
Plan Your Visit
Green River National Wildlife Refuge does not currently have any facilities. The Green River Refuge Administrative Office is located at: 91 US Highway 641 North P.O. Box 89 Benton, KY 42025
Activities
Get Involved
We have good things we want to accomplish, but we can't do it all by ourselves. From Kentucky Junior Duck Stamp participation to support of our Friends Group, find out more on how you can get involved.
Services
The purpose of Green River National Wildlife Refuge is to protect, enhance, and manage valuable bottomlands, wetlands, upland bluffs, and agricultural lands along the Ohio and Green Rivers, for the benefit of waterfowl, migratory songbirds, sport fish, and a wide array of other species associated with these habitats. While also providing opportunity for wildlife-dependent recreation, please see our Public Use Regulations Brochure for more information.
About
In 2019, 10-acres were donated by Southern Conservation Corporation to establish Green River National Wildlife Refuge under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966. It became the 568th National Wildlife Refuge in the Nation and the second refuge managed in Kentucky.