Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

Vision

Sabine NWR will maintain, restore, and enhance its unique coastal wetland habitats to provide favorable conditions for improving species diversity and richness for migratory birds and native terrestrial and aquatic species.  In cooperation with partners, the refuge will also conserve healthy and viable wildlife and fish populations, thereby contributing to the purpose for which it was established and the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Service staff will manage petroleum infrastructure and activities on the refuge to protect wildlife habitat and water resources, wintering migratory birds, nesting birds, and fisheries.  Further, Sabine will provide opportunities for safe, quality, compatible, wildlife-dependent public use and recreation- including environmental education, interpretation, wildlife observation, photography, hunting, and fishing. These activities will promote understanding of, and appreciation for, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its mission to conserve our nation's wildlife heritage among refuge visitors and the public at large.

The management goals for Sabine National Wildlife Refuge are to:

• maintain and perpetuate refuge wetlands for wintering waterfowl
• provide for the needs of endangered plants and animals
• allow compatible public uses, such as hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife observation, and photography

promote research on marsh and aquatic wildlife