Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge

Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Nearest city	Lake Charles, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°51′00″N 93°13′00″W / 29.85000°N 93.21667°W / 29.85000; -93.21667
Area	9,621 acres (3,893 ha)
Established	1986
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge

Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in north central Cameron Parish. It contains 9,621 acres (3,893 ha) that include fresh marsh, coastal prairie, and old rice fields.

The visitor center opened in 1994 and is located south of Lake Charles on Louisiana Highway 27, 11 miles south of Holmwood, Louisiana. The center's exhibits focus on the birds and other wildlife found in the refuge, and the plant and animal life and different types of ecosystems. An animated exhibit features a Cajun resident named Tante Marie, who sits in a pirogue and talks about life in the refuge. The visitor center suffered damage from Hurricane Rita, and reopened with new exhibits in the fall of 2009.

Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex

In 2004, the Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex was formed by administratively combining the Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge, and the Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge with headquarters at Cameron Prairie.

References

^ "Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, LA". America's Byways. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
"Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge". Creole Nature Ttrail.
"L.D.W.F. ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVES AWARD FROM U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries". June 24, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
"Southwest Louisiana NWR Complex". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
"Public Review Draft Sport Hunting" (PDF). pp. INTRODUCTION, page 5. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge profile". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

External links

Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge - Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Cameron Creole Watershed Marsh Terracing Project
Louisiana's Cameron-Creole Project: An Ecosystem-Based Watershed Project

Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz
National Monuments	Poverty Point
National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks
National Forests	Kisatchie
National wild and scenic rivers	Saline Bayou
National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Sabine Shell Keys Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw
State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters
State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum
State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek
State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands
Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben Lilly Conservation Area Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carré Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Esler Field Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Richard K. Yancey Russell Sage Sabine Sabine Island Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne (See: Atchafalaya Delta) Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

Other

Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary
City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

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