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[ New Search ] Delta Refuge Station in Wildlife Preserve Location : Delta Refuge, LA Date : June, 1937 Agency : WPA Owner : NARA (SPB) Medium : B&W Photo Control Number : RG-67-76 Enlarged Image Description : Airplane view of the Delta Refuge Station and wild fowl feeding grounds tot he rear - 48,000 acres where approximately one-fourth of the wild fowl population of the United States winters annually. In cooperation with the Works Progress Administration, the US Bureau of Biological Survey is improving natural conditions to accommodate the annual southern migratory flocks of ducks, gees and other water birds. Listed Under: [Conservation][Fish and Game Conservation][Delta Refuge, LA]