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The Delta National Wildlife Refuge is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Venice, Louisiana along the Mississippi River.The area formed when a breach in the natural levee of the Mississippi River occurred in 1862 approximately 100 miles (160 km) below New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about 19.16 million acres (77,500 km 2) in southwestern Alaska. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The delta, which consists mainly of tundra, is protected as part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The delta has approximately 25,000 residents. 85% of these are Alaska Natives: Yupik and Athabaskan people. The main population center and service hub is the city of Bethel, with an estimated population of around 6,219 (as of 2011). [5]
As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in ...
Name State(s) Acreage Area: km² Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska: 19,286,482.30 78,049.62 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska 19,162,416.50
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge: Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish: 71,000 State of Louisiana [26] St. Tammany Wildlife Refuge St. Tammany Parish: 1,310 Owned by LDWF; cooperatively managed by LDWF and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [27] State Wildlife Refuge Vermilion 13,000 LDWF [28] Waddill Wildlife Refuge and Outdoor Education Center East ...
Mar. 2—The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Decatur will close for 7 1/2 months beginning March 13 as part of a $5.4 million project that will add an outdoor classroom, upgrade ...
Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a 115,000-acre (47,000 ha) [1] protected wetland in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.The WMA is located due south and bordering the 48,000 acre Delta National Wildlife Refuge, accessible only by air or boat, contains the Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse), and Port Eads is within the boundary