A draft Sport Hunting Plan and Environmental Assessment for gypsy_gooding@fws.gov
The Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge is approximately 4,200 acres and is located in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. The refuge is just north of Monroe, Louisiana. Wildlife-dependant recreation is available to the public including 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.
