Wildlife Refuge is managed under the North Mississippi National Wildlife
Refuges Complex Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP). This CCP includes Coldwater River,
Tallahatchie, and Dahomey NWRs. Under
this plan, Dahomey NWR is managed to conserve America’s wetlands while
providing sanctuary and habitat for migratory birds.
In 1994, the USFWS created an approximately 600-acre
greentree reservoir to provide wintering habitat for waterfowl while restoring
some of the site’s hydrology. In 1999
the Complex converted an 85-acre agricultural field into four moist-soil
impoundments. In 2001 Ducks Unlimited
constructed two levees on the southern portion of the refuge to create two moist-soil
units totaling 223 acres.
Dahomey NWR consists of 8,126 acres of mature bottomland
hardwood forest (596 of which fall within the greentree reservoir), 104 acres
of fallow fields, 308 acres of moist-soil units, 297 acres of agricultural
fields, 849 acres of early successional reforestation areas, and 7 acres of
permanent water. The moist-soil units
are managed primarily for wintering waterfowl.
Read our CCP.