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Anahuac, McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges Closed Due to Mandatory Evacuation Order for Hurricane Ike

Following the mandatory evacuation orders set by Jefferson and Chambers Counties, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that Anahuac, McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges are closed to all public access. This will apply to the September teal hunt on the refuges as well. The refuges will re-open once the mandatory evacuation order has been lifted and the refuges have been deemed safe for re-entry. The refuge teal hunts will re-open at that time as well.

Bayous weave through a seemingly endless expanse of cordgrass; reptilian eyes at the water's surface witness the ever-changing variety of waterfowl; and the call of the clapper rail reverberates through the marsh. For hundreds of years, many of the sights and sounds within this dynamic ecosystem have gone untouched. Through strong partnerships, sound management and education, the hope and expectations are they will continue for hundreds more.

Welcome to the McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges, located on the upper Texas Coast. The two refuges supply important feeding and resting areas for migrating and wintering populations of waterfowl.

Established in 1980 and 1979, respectively, the 55,000 acre McFaddin NWR protects one of the largest remaining freshwater marshes on the Texas Coast and thousands of acres of intermediate to brackish marsh. Neighboring Texas Point NWR encompasses 8,900 acres of fresh to salt marsh with some wooded uplands and prairie ridges.

McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges are two of the 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!

McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges Native prairie

McFaddin Refuge Manager, Dean Bossert
P.O. Box 358
Sabine Pass, Texas 77655
E-mail: fw2_rw_mcfaddin@fws.gov
Office: 409.971.2909
Fax: 409.971.2104