Bayou Sauvage NWR (New Orleans, Louisiana)
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Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1990. It's 23,000 acres of fresh and brackish marshes, all within the city limits of New Orleans, make it the nation's largest urban wildlife refuge. 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.
An enormous wading bird rookery can be found in the swamps of the refuge from May until July, while tens of thousands of waterfowl winter in its bountiful marshes.
www.fws.gov/bayousauvage/
An enormous wading bird rookery can be found in the swamps of the refuge from May until July, while tens of thousands of waterfowl winter in its bountiful marshes.
www.fws.gov/bayousauvage/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°4'58"N 89°51'32"W
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- Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge 32 km
- Pearl River Wildlife Management Area 41 km
- Tammany Trace Trail 50 km
- Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge 64 km
- Gulf Islands National Seashore 76 km
- Chandeleur Island 94 km
- Conecuh National Forest 314 km
- St Joseph State Park 429 km
- Joe Budd WMA 511 km
- NASA Michoud Assembly Facility 9 km
- New Orleans East 10 km
- Little Woods 12 km
- Bayou Bienvenue 13 km
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 13 km
- West Lake Forest 14 km
- Plum Orchard 15 km
- Lake Borgne 21 km
- Lake Pontchartrain 32 km
- Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (Mr. Go) (Closed) 37 km