Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge

Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 728 Yazoo Refuge Rd
Hollandale, MS 38748
Phone: 662-839-2638;
Fax: 662-839-2619;
Web: www.fws.gov/yazoo
Established: 1936.
Location: West-central Mississippi, about 28 miles south of Greenville.
Facilities: Trails, viewing sites, observation tower.
Activities: Hiking, wildlife observation, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: Refuge includes and surrounds Swan Lake, a 4,000+-acre oxbow lake which has silted in and contains mature cypress and ash woodlands.
Habitats: 12,941 acres of marshes, swamps, sandy ridges, cropland, and bottomland hardwood forests.
Access: Open year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: Mourning doves, wood ducks, Canada geese, wild turkey, Louisiana black bear, white-tailed deer, squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, and American alligator.

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