Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: PO Box 278
Anahuac, TX 77514
Phone: 409-267-3337;
Fax: 409-267-4314;
Web: www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/anahuac
Established: 1963.
Location: An hour and a half east of Houston, along east Galveston Bay.
Facilities: Visitor information station, trails, boardwalk, auto tour route, 2 boat ramps, rest rooms.
Activities: Boating, canoeing, fishing, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: The Willows, a stand of willow trees that provides crucial habitat for neotropical migrants. Spring migration has been known to produce 17 species of migrants in a single tree.
Habitats: More than 34,000 acres of coastal marsh and coastal prairie.
Access: Open 24 hours.
Wild life: 27 species of ducks, snow geese, wading birds, songbirds, American allligators, muskrat, nutria, bobcat, coyote. Marine species include white and brown shrimp, blue crab, flounder, and spotted sea trout.

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