Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Sevier County, Arkansas, United States
Nearest city	De Queen, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°51′N 94°15′W
Area	27,300 acres (110 km2)
Established	1994
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge

The Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a 27,300 acre (110 km²) wildlife refuge located in Sevier County, Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1994 and is located approximately 30 miles (50 km) north of Texarkana, Arkansas and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of De Queen, Arkansas. The western boundary of the refuge is 10 miles (16 km) from the Arkansas-Oklahoma border.

Pond Creek is made up of various oxbow lakes, sloughs, and bottomlands hardwood areas along the Little and Cossatot Rivers.

Pond Creek was created in order to protect the wetland and bottomland hardwood habitat and to serve as a habitat for neo-tropical migratory birds. It also serves as an important nesting habitat for wood ducks and wintering habitat for other migratory waterfowl. It is located where the Mississippi and Central Flyways intersect.

External links

• Maps of the four North American flyways
• Official site