Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) consists of 37,000 acres of Federal land that represents a diverse biological community. The Refuge was established on July 7,1938 by Executive Order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the first National Wildlife Refuge placed on a multi-purpose reservoir to provide habitat for wintering and migrating birds. Considered the easternmost Refuge in the Mississippi flyway, it attracts thousands of wintering waterfowl each year and is home to Alabama's largest wintering duck population. The Refuge also supports the southern-most and Alabama's only concentration of wintering Canada geese (Southern James Bay Population).

We publish a Quarterly Newsletter about what is going on at the refuge.
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