Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge

Louisiana, United States · built 1986

The Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge is located about 30 miles (48 km) west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and one mile (1.6 km) east of Krotz Springs, Louisiana, lies just east of the Atchafalaya River. In 1988 under the administration of Governor Foster the "Atchafalaya Basin Master Plan" was implemented that combined the 11,780-acre (4, 770 ha) Sherburne Wildlife Management Area (WMA), the 15,220-acre (6, 160 ha) Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, and the 17,000-acre (6, 900 ha) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Bayou Des Ourses (Bayou of the Bears) into the Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area.

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