Optima National Wildlife Refuge

Optima National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Texas County, Oklahoma, United States
Nearest city	Hardesty, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36°38′43″N 101°12′31″W / 36.6454°N 101.2085°W / 36.6454; -101.2085Coordinates: 36°38′43″N 101°12′31″W / 36.6454°N 101.2085°W / 36.6454; -101.2085^[1]
Area	4,333 acres (17.54 km²)
Established	1975
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/optima/

Located in the middle of the Oklahoma panhandle, the 4,333-acre (17.54 km²) Optima National Wildlife Refuge is made up of grasslands and wooded bottomland on the Coldwater Creek arm of the Optima Lake project.

The 8,062-acre Optima Wildlife Management Area, an Oklahoma state-managed hunting area, sits adjacent on the Beaver River arm of the Optima Lake project.

References

↑ "Optima National Wildlife Refuge Site Map". www.fws.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wildlife Management Area website

Protected areas of Oklahoma

Federal

National Historic Sites:	Fort Smith Washita Battlefield

National Recreation Areas:	Chickasaw

National Forests:	Ouachita

USFS National Recreation Areas:	Winding Stair Mountain

National Grasslands:	Black Kettle Rita Blanca

National Memorials:	Oklahoma City

National Wildlife Refuges:	Deep Fork Little River Optima Ozark Plateau Salt Plains Sequoyah Tishomingo Washita Wichita Mountains

State

State Parks:

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