Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 13695 River Rd
Yazoo City, MS 39194
Phone: 662-746-5060;
Fax: 662-746-5055;
Web: www.fws.gov/pantherswamp
Established: 1978.
Location: West-central Mississippi, 10 miles southwest of Yazoo City.
Facilities: Auto tour route.
Activities: Canoeing, fishing hunting.
Special Features: In addition to providing resting and feeding areas for over 100,000 wintering waterfowl annually, the refuge also provides habitat for 200 species of neotropical migratory songbirds.
Habitats: 38,697 acres of bottomland hardwood forests interspersed with numerous wooded sloughs, cypress-tupelo brakes, and bayous.
Access: Year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: Waterfowl and other migratory birds, American alligator, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbit, wild turkey, squirrel, and various small fur-bearers.

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