Fish and Wildlife Service, Mississippi.
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge is the largest remaining tract of bottomland hardwood forest in northwest Mississippi outside of the mainline levee. Located within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, in the Yazoo River drainage basin, the refuge was established in 1991 to provide habitat for migratory birds and to protect wetlands. The 9,691-acre refuge was purchased from The Nature Conservancy, donated by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and leased from the West Bolivar School Board. The North Mississippi Refuges Complex administers Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge, along with Coldwater River and Tallahatchie refuges.
From Cleveland, go south on HWY 61 and turn west on HWY 446 at Boyle. Refuge properties are signed and lie north and south of HWY 446 about 15 miles west of Boyle. From Rosedale, head south on HWY 1 through Beulah. Five and one half miles south of Beulah, turn east on HWY 446. Refuge properties start 2.5 miles east of HWY 1, are signed and lie north and south of HWY 446. The refuge headquarters is located on the north side of HWY 446.