From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
until July, while tens of thousands of waterfowl winter in its marshes. The brown pelican is an endangered species and is a year-round resident of southeast Louisiana. The number of nesting brown pelicans has substantially increased despite loss of nesting habitat. Brown pelicans are frequent users of the refuge. Several bald eagles, another threatened species, visit the refuge each year. Other wildlife include waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, marsh rabbits, white pelicans, alligators, and other raptors, game and small mammals, reptiles and amphibians
Map of the United States Nearest city Area Established Visitors Governing body New Orleans, LouisianaNearest city: New Orleans, Louisiana 22,770 acres (92.1 km2) 1990 Established: 1990 400,000 (in ) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Habitat
The refuge contains a variety of different habitats, including freshwater and brackish marshes, bottomland hardwood forests, lagoons, canals, borrow pits, chenieres (former beach fronts) and natural bayous. The marshes along Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne serve as estuarine nurseries for various fish species, crabs and shrimp. Freshwater lagoons, bayous and ponds serve as production areas for largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and catfish. The diverse habitats meet the needs of 340 bird species during various seasons of the year. Peak waterfowl populations of 75,000 use the wetland areas during the fall, winter, and early spring months.
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge is a 23,000-acre (93 km2) region of fresh and brackish marshes located within the city limits of New Orleans. It is the largest urban wildlife refuge in the United States.
Location
Bayou Sauvage is only 15 minutes from the French Quarter. Most of the refuge is inside massive hurricane protection levees, built to hold back storm surges and maintain water levels in the low-lying city.
See also
• List of National Wildlife Refuges: Louisiana
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [1]".
Wildlife
An enormous wading bird rookery can be found in the swamps of the refuge from May
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_Sauvage_National_Wildlife_Refuge"
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Categories: IUCN Category IV, Geography of New Orleans, Louisiana, National Wildlife Refuges in Louisiana, Louisiana geography stubs This page was last modified on 11 May 2009, at 05:44 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers
2