Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 510 1/2 W Morton St
PO Box 217
Oakland City, IN 47660
Phone: 812-749-3199;
Fax: 812-749-3059;
Web: www.fws.gov/midwest/patokariver
Established: 1994.
Location: In Pike and Gibson counties in southwest Indiana.
Facilities: Trails, wildlife viewing sites.
Activities: Fishing, canoeing, hunting, hiking, wildlife observation, educational programs.
Special Features: Refuge provides some of the best wood duck production habitat in the state, and is home to the largest nesting colony of interior lest tern east of the Mississippi River.
Habitats: 5,131 acres of river corridor with wetlands and bottomland hardwood forests.
Access: Daylight hours year round.
Wild life: 380 species of wildlife including bald eagle (threatened), Indiana bat (endangered) and interior least tern (endangered).

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