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Welcome
Wildlife Refuges Severely Impacted by Hurricane Ike:
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| Coastal marsh before Hurricane Ike. Photo: USFWS | |
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| Coastal marsh after Hurricane Ike. Photo: USFWS | |
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is reporting that due to impacts caused by Hurricane Ike, four National Wildlife Refuges (Refuge) on the Texas Gulf Coast remain closed to the public. The Texas Chenier Plains Complex, which includes Anahuac, Texas Point, Moody, and McFaddin Refuges, sustained a direct hit from the hurricane and almost total destruction of all facilities.
Until further notice, all public activities on these four refuges are being suspended. This includes public visitation, and all previously scheduled events and hunts.
The chorus of thousands of waterfowl. Wind moving through coastal prairie. The splash of an alligator going for a swim. A high-pitched call of a fulvous whistling duck. These are just some of the sounds you may hear when visiting the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
The meandering bayous of Anahuac NWR cut through ancient flood plains, creating expanses of coastal marsh and prairie bordering Galveston Bay in southeast Texas. These coastal marshes and prairies are host or home to an abundance of wildlife, from migratory birds to alligators to bobcats and more. Established in 1963, the 34,000 acre refuge is an important link in the chain of National Wildlife Refuges extending along the gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana.
Anahuac NWR is one of more than 540 refuges that comprise the National Wildlife Refuge System, a national network of lands and waters set aside for the benefit of wildlife, and you!
Project Leader, Tim Cooper
Anahuac NWR
P.O. Box 278
Anahuac, TX 77514
E-mail: fw2_rw_anahuac@fws.gov
Phone: 409.267.3337
Fax: 409.267.4314
