Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge

Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States
Nearest city	Cleveland, Mississippi
Coordinates	33°43′04″N 90°55′26″W / 33.7178°N 90.92389°W / 33.7178; -90.92389Coordinates: 33°43′04″N 90°55′26″W / 33.7178°N 90.92389°W / 33.7178; -90.92389
Area	9,691 acres (39.22 km²)
Established	1990
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge

Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge is located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Cleveland, Mississippi. It was established in 1990 when the Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased 9,269 acres (37.51 km²) and leased the land back to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for management. In 1993, the Service completed acquisition of the TNC lands. One additional 162-acre (0.66 km²) tract was purchased by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and turned over to the Service in 1991. A 260-acre 16th section tract is leased from the West Bolivar School Board bringing the total land base to 9,691 acres (39.22 km²). The refuge is the largest remaining tract of bottomland hardwood-forested wetlands in the northwest portion of Mississippi.

References

Refuge website

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Protected areas of Mississippi

Federal

National Historical Parks	Natchez

National Battlefields, Military Parks and Battlefield Sites	Brices Cross Roads NBS Shiloh NMP Tupelo NB Vicksburg NMP

National Seashores	Gulf Islands

National Trails	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail

National Forests	Bienville Delta De Soto Holly Springs Homochitto Tombigbee

National Wildlife Refuges	Bogue Chitto Coldwater River Dahomey Grand Bay Hillside Holt Collier Mathews Brake Mississippi Sandhill Crane Morgan Brake Noxubee Panther Swamp St. Catherine Creek Tallahatchie Theodore Roosevelt Yazoo

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Grand Bay

State

State Parks	Buccaneer Clark Creek Natural Area Clarkco Florewood George P. Cossar Golden Memorial Grand Gulf Military State Park Great River Road Holmes County Hugh White John W. Kyle J. P. Coleman Lake Lincoln Lake Lowndes LeFleur's Bluff Legion Leroy Percy Natchez Paul B. Johnson Percy Quin Roosevelt Shepard Tishomingo Tombigbee Trace Wall Doxey

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (web)

National Wildlife Refuges of the United States

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