The lakes and ponds are open to fishing from March 1 through Oct. 31. Environmental education is an integral part of the refuge, and all groups and ages are welcome. Arrangements for group programs should be made in advance by contacting the refuge office. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the heaviest of all poisonous snakes. The black vulture nests at the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.
Alligators come out in the early fall to warm up in the sun on the banks of Bluff Lake.
Photo by Nan Rollison, courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Luther C. Goldman, courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.