Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge

Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location	Stewart County, Tennessee, United States
Nearest city	Dover, Tennessee
Area	8,862 acres (35.86 km2)
Established	1962
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/crosscreeks/

Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge is a part of the U.S. system of National Wildlife Refuges located along the Lake Barkley impoundment of the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee near Dover, covering 8,862 acres (35.86 km²). It provides habitat for a wide variety of waterfowl and aquatic plant life in what is a largely wetlands environment. Cross Creeks is the only National Wildlife Refuge located entirely in Middle Tennessee as of 2006.

External links

• Official website U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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