80, then 8 miles south on the Quebec Road. Natural History Refuge is in the upper basin of the Tensas River in northeast Louisiana which was the last documented home of the ivory-billed woodpecker. Home to one of the last concentrations of the threatened Louisiana black bear. Concentrations of ducks, geese, raptors, wading birds and shorebirds.
Several rookeries present.
Open water 1,514 acres, woodlands 54,808 acres, croplands 3,007 acres, reforested former agricultural fields 2,413 acres, moist soil management 1,000 acres. Financial Impact of Refuge 13-person staff. 72,000 visitors annually. Refuge Objectives For preservation and development of environmental resources. Conserve diversity of fish and wildlife and their habitats.