Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge

Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 1505 Sand Bluff Rd
Ripley, TN 38063
Phone: 731-635-7621;
Fax: 731-635-0178;
Web: www.fws.gov/chickasaw
Established: 1985.
Location: 9 miles north of Ripley.
Facilities: Visitor contact station, viewing sites, trails, auto tour route, boat ramps.
Activities: Boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, hunting.
Special Features: Refuge protects some of the last remaining bottomland hardwood forest in the Lower Mississippi Valley and provides a stopover for waterfowl migrating and wintering along the Mississippi River.
Habitats: 24,096 acres of bottomland hardwood forest, agricultural lands, grassland/shrub, and open water.
Access: Open year round during daylight hours. Waterfowl sanctuary closed November 15 - March 15.
Wild life: Mallard, black duck, gadwall, pintail, wild turkey, and deer.

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