Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is a 68,993 acre (223 km2) (2014) wildlife refuge in the state of Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).[3] The refuge is one of the Ramsar wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971. It is one of the most important wintering area for ducks and the largest remaining tract of contiguous bottomland hardwood forest on the North American continent. In 2005, a possible sighting of the ivory-billed woodpecker, thought to be extinct, brought attention to the refuge.
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Arkansas, United States |
Coordinates | 35°03′30″N 91°19′45″W |
Area | 68,993 acres (279.20 km2)[1] |
Established | 1986 |
Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Website | Cache River NWR |
Official name | Cache-Lower White Rivers |
Designated | 21 November 1989 |
Reference no. | 442[2] |
In 2012, the FWS proposed the gradual expansion of the refuge up to a maximum of 287,574 acres (116,377 ha).[4]