Little River National Wildlife Refuge
Directions: In Broken Bow, at 635 South Park. Visitor Center in planning process.
Primary Wildlife: To preserve bottomland hardwood habitat for migratory waterfowl, particularly mallards and wood ducks.
Habitat: 13,000 acres of bottomland hardwoods within the floodplain of Little River.
Recreation and Education: Wildlife observation, hiking, photography, squirrel and rabbit hunting, and fishing.
Special Note: Refuge has the only population of nesting warblers and nesting anhingas known in the State. There are eight known State champion trees on the refuge. Little Sandy NWR, a satellite refuge, is closed except by special permission.
P.O. Box 340
Broken Bow, OK 74728
(405) 584-6211
Published: 29 Apr 2002 | Last Updated: 13 Sep 2011
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
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