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Located one hour north of Memphis near the town of Ripley, the Chickasaw refuge protects some of the last remaining bottomland hardwood forest in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
The refuge provides valuable habitat for waterfowl that migrate and winter along the Mississippi River.
Exceeding 25,000 acres, the refuge supports a variety of palustrine, lacustrine and riverine habitats. Forest, moist soils, cropland, osage orange-locust savanna and upland bluffs each sustain a wide variety of wildlife and plants.
The refuge is subject to annual backwater flooding by the Mississippi River, which commonly covers 95 percent of the refuge to depths of 20 feet.
Wildlife include white-tailed deer, turkey, bald eagles, Mississippi kites, interior least terns and assorted small game and non-game species.
The refuge offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including hunting, fishing, boating and canoeing, hiking, and wildlife observation and photography.
Hunting for deer, turkey, ducks and small game is allowed during certain times of year.
Fishing is allowed year-round.
The refuge also provides interpretive and educational services.
Facilities include a visitor contact station, several miles of graveled access roads, a boat ramp, access to the Mississippi River for fishing and abandoned logging roads for hiking.
There is a wheelchair-accessible wildlife observation area available.
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