Land Between Lakes reopening wildlife refuges March 16

February 25, 2015

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GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Wildlife refuges at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area are reopening in a few weeks.

Land Between The Lakes says it is reopening Rushing Bay, Duncan Bay, Duncan Lake, Smith Bay, Fulton-Honker Bay, Honker Lake Refuge, Long Creek Waterfowl Refuge and portions of Energy Lake on March 16. Hematite Lake will also open for bank fishing only.

Wildlife Program Manager Steve Bloemer says the areas are closed Nov. 1 through March 15, primarily as waterfowl and eagle refuges. He says by early to mid-March, most wintering eagles and waterfowl begin migrating north.

Land Between The Lakes manages more than 170,000 acres in western Kentucky and Tennessee as part of the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture’s public lands program.