Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
Box 831 Hwy 446
Boyle, MS 38730
662-742-9331
http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Coldwater_River/About_the_Complex.html
Wildlife Refuge: Birding, Fish, Hike, Picnic, RV, Walk
Dahomey NWR is located 15 miles south west of Cleveland, Mississippi. It was established in 1990 when the Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased 9,269 and leased the land back to the Service for management. In 1993, the Service completed acquisition of the TNC lands. One additional 162 acre tract was purchased by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and turned over to the Service in 1991. A 260 acre 16th section tract is leased from the West Bolivar School Board bringing the total land base to 9,691 acres. The refuge is the largest remaining tract of bottomland hardwood-forested wetlands in the northwest portion of Mississippi.