Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Nearest city	Hackberry, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°54′N 93°32′W / 29.900°N 93.533°W / 29.900; -93.533Coordinates: 29°54′N 93°32′W / 29.900°N 93.533°W / 29.900; -93.533
Area	124,511 acres (503.88 km2)
Established	1937
Visitors	open to public
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana. It is on Louisiana State Route 27, 8 miles (13 km) south of Hackberry and 12 miles (19 km) north of Holly Beach. The western boundary of the Sabine Refuge is Sabine Lake, the inlet for Port Arthur, Texas, while the tip of the eastern end reaches Calcasieu Lake.

The Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex was formed by administratively combining of the East Cove National Wildlife Refuge, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge, and Sabine in 2004.

Sabine is a 124,511-acre (504 km²) sanctuary, the largest coastal marsh refuge on the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is home to more than 200 species of birds, including ducks, great egrets, geese, Neotropic cormorants, raptors, snowy egrets, wading birds, and shorebirds. There is also a very large contingent of American alligators, as well as blue crabs, American mink, muskrats, coypu, North American river otters, rabbits, shrimp, and turtles.