Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge |Lacassine National Wildlife
Refuge| IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
|Location||Cameron and Evangeline parishs, Louisiana| |Nearest
city||Lake Arthur, Louisiana| |Area||35,000 acres (140 km2)|
|Governing body||U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service| Lacassine
National Wildlife Refuge is located in Cameron and Evangeline
Parishes in southwestern Louisiana, was established in 1937 by
Executive Order No. 7780 as "a refuge and breeding ground for
migratory birds and other wildlife." The refuge is nearly 35,000
acres (140 km2) in size, including 653 acres (2.64 km2) leased
from the Cameron Parish School Board. The Evangeline Parish unit
is called Duralde Prairie and is currently being developed. It
is located north of the city of Eunice. Wildlife and habitat
The vegetation types occurring on the refuge are primarily
water-tolerant grasses, sedges, and shrubs. Vegetation in the
undeveloped marshes is dominated by bulltongue and maidencane.
The habitat is divided into 1