State Wildlife Refuge
State Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. The land was donated to the state in 1911 by conservationist Edward McIlhenny and Charles Ward.
Conservation
With the State Wildlife Refuge's 13,000 acres, the Audubon's Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary to the west and the Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge to the east, as well as the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area there is around of sanctuary in the parish.Wildlife includes Snow goose, Canada goose, Mourning dove, Common gallinule, American coot, Ring-billed gull, Caspian tern, Royal tern, Double-crested cormorant, Roseate spoonbill, Little blue heron, Snowy egret, Western cattle egret, Great egret, Great blue heron, Black vulture, Turkey vulture, Osprey, Red-tailed hawk, Belted kingfisher, American crow, European starling, Northern mockingbird, American robin, Red-winged blackbird, Common grackle, and Boat-tailed grackle. Other wildlife include alligators, shrimp, blue crabs, red drum, spotted seatrout, and mammals such as raccoons, muskrats, nutria, mink, and white-tailed deer.