| Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge | |
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IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
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| Location | Madison / Tensas / Franklin parishes, Louisiana |
| Nearest city | Tallulah, Louisiana |
| Area | 64,012 acres (259.05 km2) |
| Established | 2000 |
| Visitors | 72,000 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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The Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge is located in Madison, Tensas, and Franklin parishes in northeastern Louisiana, west of the city of Tallulah.
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The refuge is in located in the upper basin of the Tensas River in northeast Louisiana which was the last documented home of the ivory-billed woodpecker. The refuge is home to one of the last concentrations of the threatened Louisiana black bear. In 1907, Teddy Roosevelt hunted bear just north of the refuge boundary and the "Teddy Bear" was introduced as a result of an incident during the hunt. Concentrations of ducks, geese, raptors, wading birds and shorebirds are present. Several rookeries are in the reserve.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge".
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