Facilities

The reserve’s Interpretive Center houses four offices, two laboratories, a conference room, a small classroom and a lobby/exhibit area. The newly renovated small museum area has displays about local habitats, history and culture. The Center grounds are landscaped with native plants and scattered with picnic tables. Exhibits include a plethora of dynamic taxidermy of many native animals and plants, backlit exhibit panels, an extensive specimen collection, a live animal room and other cultural and historical displays The Education & Research building includes a small auditorium, dormitory and kitchen for visiting researchers and small research library.

Two handicapped accessible boardwalks offer visitors access to unique and beautiful North Gulf Coast habitats, including a rare pitcher plant bog and bottomland swamp. The interpreted boardwalks and other ground trails also have rest stops, observation decks and gazebos that enhance the visitor’s experience.

Three small vessels of the reserve are available for research, and the large pontoon boat conducts occasional educational tours