Hunting and Fishing

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Did you know that all plants and wildlife are protected on National Wildlife Refuges unless a specific refuge hunting season allows take?

About the Complex

Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuges Complex

Since 1996, a 110-acre site in Lacombe, Louisiana, has served as the headquarters complex for eight national wildlife refuges in the southeast region, including Bayou Sauvage NWR.

Bayou Sauvage is managed as part of the Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuges Complex.

About the NWRS

National Wildlife Refuge System

The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.

An Urban Oasis

• Marsh Restoration Project

  A marsh restoration project will cause temporary closures of portions of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) from August 31, 2016, through September 2018. The purpose of this closure is to ensure visitor and contractor safety.

  More about the Bayou Sauvage marsh restoration project

• Wild Near the City - Bayou Sauvage NWR

  

  Herons and egrets silhouetted against a city skyline - such is the dual nature of Bayou Sauvage Refuge. Established in 1990, the 24,000 acres of fresh and brackish marsh are within the city limits of New Orleans making it one of the nation’s largest urban refuges. While Bayou Sauvage shows the obvious influence of human alterations and development it also demonstrates that valuable wildlife habitat can exist on the edge of a large city.

  Dual Nature of Bayou Sauvage