sentences:  Later in the year, they called for an expansion of more than 100,000 acres, which would be done through purchasing land from willing sellers.The purpose of this expansion would be to protect wildlife that lives on the lower river and it would also preserve the Arkansas "Big Woods", which only 10% remains.In 2014, the refuge was formally renamed the "Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge" to honor former Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers.