Robert
Barkley
Refuge Manager
P.O. Box 1070
2776 Sunset Drive
Grenada, MS 38901
(662) 226-8286
FAX: (662) 226-8488
E-mail: robert_barkley@fws.gov
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Facts:
- Established: 1990.
- Acres: 4,083 acres in Grenada and Tallahatchie counties, Mississippi.
- Refuge is unstaffed and managed by North Mississippi Refuges Complex
in Grenada, MS.
- Location: Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge is on Highway 8,
nine miles west of Holcomb and lies along Tippo Bayou.
Natural History:
- All refuge lands were agricultural lands upon acquisition. Nearly
1,300 acres of the refuge have been reforested with bottomland hardwood
species.
- Large concentrations wintering waterfowl use Tippo Bayou and its
oxbows and agriculture lands of the refuge.
- Two hundred and ninety acres of the refuge is managed in fallow fields
for grassland birds and moist soil habitat for wintering waterfowl.
Financial Impact of Refuge
- Currently unstaffed; development is conducted by North Mississippi
Refuges Complex.
- 2500 visitors annually. Visitation has increased with the opening
of the refuge to hunting in 1997.
- Current budget (FY 05) $1,740,000 included in the North Mississippi
Refuges Complex.
Refuge Objectives
- Provide habitat for migratory waterfowl, and create a woodland corridor
along Tippo Bayou for migratory neotropical song birds.
- Convert marginal agriculture land to hardwood forests.
- Provide fallow field habitat for wintering grassland birds.
Management Tools:
- Create moist soil wetlands and permanent wetlands.
- Bottomland hardwood wetland forest management and reforestation.
- Cooperative farming.
- Prescribed burning.
- Partnerships.
- Deer management using public hunting.
- Law enforcement.
Public Use Opportunities
- Fishing.
- Hunting, including youth hunts.
- Wildlife observation.
- Photography.
Calender of Events
May: Migratory Bird Day.
October: National Wildlife Refuge Week.
October-November: archery and primitive weapon deer hunting.
October-February: rabbit hunting.
November-March: waterfowl hunting.
Questions and Answers
Will the Service continue reforestation activities on the refuge?
Yes. The long range goals call for reforestation to native
water tolerant bottomland wetland tree species on most of the agriculture
fields that are not irrigable.
Will the Service condemn land to expand the size of the refuge?
No. While the Service has an ongoing acquisition program, all
lands acquired have been and will continue to be on a willing seller
basis.
Is the refuge open to public hunting including waterfowl hunting?
Yes. With a $12.50 refuge hunting permit issued in unlimited
numbers, south of Highway 8 is open to waterfowl hunting, archery and
primitive deer hunting and rabbit hunting.
Is the refuge open to fishing?
Yes. With a $12.50 refuge fishing permit issued in unlimited
numbers. Fishing is allowed only on the south side of Highway 8. A boat
ramp was constructed in 1997 for access into Tippo Bayou. |
