A draft Sport Hunting Plan and Environmental Assessment for sharon_fuller@fws.gov.
The Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge is currently 42,594 acres and is located in Morehouse and Union Parishes of Louisiana. The refuge lies on both sides of the Ouachita River bordered on the north by the Arkansas state line and is approximately 20 miles long and from one to six miles wide. Hunting opportunities are available, along with fishing, wildlife observation, photography, and environmental education.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 94 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 542 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
