Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge

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Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area in Louisiana that conserves a portion of the vast Atchafalaya Basin’s bottomland hardwood forests, wetlands, and diverse wildlife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Wildlife Refuge
protected area
allowsActivity environmental education
fishing
hunting
photography
wildlife observation
area approximately 15000 acres
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ecosystemType bottomland hardwood forest
river floodplain
swamp
wetland
established 1984
hasAccessVia Atchafalaya Basin Bridge NERFINISHED
Interstate 10 NERFINISHED
hasHabitat backwater lakes
bayous
bottomland hardwood forest
cypress-tupelo swamp
marsh
hasHydrologicalFeature Atchafalaya River NERFINISHED
Mississippi River floodplain
IUCNCategory IV
locatedIn Atchafalaya Basin NERFINISHED
Louisiana
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Iberville Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED
managingOrganization United States Fish and Wildlife Service NERFINISHED
nearestCity Baton Rouge, Louisiana NERFINISHED
Lafayette, Louisiana NERFINISHED
partOf Atchafalaya Basin NERFINISHED
National Wildlife Refuge System
protectsSpecies American alligator NERFINISHED
amphibians
freshwater fish
furbearers
migratory waterfowl
neotropical migratory songbirds
prothonotary warbler
reptiles
wading birds
white-tailed deer
wild turkey
wood duck
purpose conservation of bottomland hardwood forests
conservation of wetlands
protection of migratory birds
provision of wildlife-dependent recreation

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Atchafalaya Basin partlyProtectedBy Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge