Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge

Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address:1428 Hwy 27
Bell City, LA 70630
Phone:337-598-2216
Fax:337-598-2492
Web: www.fws.gov/cameronprairie
Established: 1988.
Location:Southwestern Louisiana, 25 miles southeast of Lake Charles.
Facilities:Visitor center, viewing sites, boardwalk, auto tour route, boat launch.
Activities:Boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, hunting, educational programs, wildlife watching.
Special Features:The site's old rice fields have been converted to freshwater marshland, providing habitat for 45,000 ducks and 10,000 geese during the peak winter months.
Habitats: 9,621 acres of cropland and marsh.
Access: Year round, sunrise to sunset.
Wild life: Waterfowl, roseate spoonbills, herons, and egrets, alligators, furbearers.

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