National Wildlife Refuge System in Texas Grows by More Than 9,000 Acres

  • At Neches River National Wildlife Refuge in East Texas, the Service acquired more than 3,000 acres of prime habitat for wintering and nesting migratory birds in the area’s ecologically valuable bottomland hardwood forests.
    At Neches River National Wildlife Refuge in East Texas, the Service acquired more than 3,000 acres of prime habitat for wintering and nesting migratory birds in the area’s ecologically valuable bottomland hardwood forests.
    Recent acquisitions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have added more than 9,000 acres to the public lands managed by the National Wildlife Refuge System in Texas. From Columbia bottomlands on the Gulf Coast to grasslands in Central Texas and coastal prairie in the Rio Grande Valley, these newly acquired properties aim to protect habitat for a diversity of wildlife and benefit the public fo...

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