Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge

Fish and Wildlife Service, Mississippi.

Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1991 and consists of 4,199 acres in Grenada and Tallahatchie Counties of Mississippi.

Like many areas in the Mississippi Delta, the lands which form Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge are relatively flat and have been extensively cleared and drained for agriculture. Since these lands were acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1,300 acres have been removed from agricultural production and reforested with native hardwood species. Today, the refuge's largest unit is a patchwork of old fields and small scattered hardwood bottomland forests bisected  by the meandering Tippo Bayou.

The refuge is complemented on the south by the 9,483-acre Malmaison Wildlife Management Area, managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

Nearby Activities

• Auto Touring
• Birding
• Boating
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Hunting
• Non-Motorized Boating
• Wildlife Viewing

Directions

The refuge is located on the north and south sides of Highway 8, nine miles west of Holcomb, MS.

Additional Information