Red River National Wildlife Refuge

The Red River National Wildlife Refuge (established 2001) is a preservation project which will ultimately consist of approximately 50000 acre of United States federal lands and water along that section of the Red River between Colfax in Grant Parish, Louisiana, and the Arkansas state line, a distance of approximately 120 mi. Currently the refuge has acquired approximately 16000 acre of the proposed 50000 acre.

The four focus areas for land purchase are:
 * Lower Cane River (Natchitoches Parish)
 * Spanish Lake Lowlands (Natchitoches Parish)
 * Bayou Pierre Floodplain (DeSoto and Red River parishes)
 * Wardview (Caddo and Bossier parishes)