Description:
On June 30, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 96-288 authorizing the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, LA, and Pearl River County, MS. Since that time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been acquiring bottomland hardwood habitat in the Pearl River Basin. On December 13, 1989, Congress authorized a boundary expansion for Bogue Chitto NWR that included an additional 8,400 acres of bottomland hardwoods in St. Tammany Parish. The refuge is still in an acquisition phase. Over 90% of the refuge can be flooded during seasonal high river periods. White-tail deer, squirrel, turkey and hog hunting and fishing is offered to the public. Access is primarily by boat on the refuge's Louisiana side and road access is available on the refuge's Mississippi side.

Directions:
Please call Southeast Louisiana Refuge headquarters for directions at 504-646-7555.

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

• Boating
• Educational
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Hunting