Our Great Parks
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
Park Type: National Wildlife Refuge
The Park is located in: AL
Address:
2700 Refuge Headquarters Road
Decatur, AL 35603
Phone: 256-353-7243
Park Details:
Watercress Darter NWR, near Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, was established by the Service in 1980 to provide protection for the endangered watercress darter. Although the Refuge is only about 23 acres of ponds, mixed pine-hardwood forest, and a residence, it contains Thomas Spring, the original quarter acre pond where the species was described. A second pond was constructed on the Refuge in 1983 to provide additional darter habitat. The Refuge is unstaffed and administered by Wheeler NWR.
http://watercressdarter.fws.gov
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