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Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Established in 1978, Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 38,697 acres (156.60 km 2 ). Included in those acres is one of the largest blocks (21,000 acres) of bottomland forest in the lower Mississippi River alluvial floodplain .
The Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex is the largest refuge complex in the state of Mississippi. [1] Over 100,000 acres (400 km 2 ) of refuge lands on seven refuges, including 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ) of refuge-managed Farmers Home Administration lands, provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife in the Delta region.
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: Yazoo County: MS 1978 38,697 acres (156.60 km 2) [238] Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: Noxubee County Oktibbeha County Winston County: MS 1940 48,000 acres (190 km 2) [239] St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge: Adams County: MS 1990 34,256 acres (138.63 km 2) [240] Tallahatchie ...
Here is a list of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States.It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km 2), but excludes those in U.S. territories (also officially in the system).
A panther in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida, twenty miles east of Naples, in the upper segment of the Fakahatchee Strand of the Big Cypress Swamp. It is north of I-75 and west of SR 29.
In 2009, Panther Swamp opened 800 acres that were previously off limits to allow humans to regain hunting privileges in that area. [ 3 ] Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex has partnered with many organizations including Ducks Unlimited , Wetlands America Trust, Environmental Synergy, the Walker Foundation, and the U.S. Fish and ...
A controversial map recently published by The Journal News newspaper in New York marked one of the latest reactions to the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The map disclosed the ...
The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress on November 3, 1960, after a multi-year legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport to supplement Newark Airport's ...