Hagerman

Hagerman NWR https://www.fws.gov/refuge/hagerman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagerman_National_Wildlife_Refuge Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR) is located in northwestern Grayson County, Texas, on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma, on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The refuge, a haven for migratory birds and other wildlife, is made up of water, marsh, and upland habitat. Visitors can hike, observe wildlife, hunt, and fish throughout the year. The main focus at HNWR is providing a winter home for thousands of waterfowl. The Canada goose is the predominant species; the population of this species can exceed 7,500 during fall, winter, and spring. Other species include the greater white-fronted goose and snow goose, with a few of the smaller Ross's goose.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fishing and Boating Regulations Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge y Fishing Fishing with hook and line is allowed on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions: 1. Bank and wade fishing with hook and line, rod and reel are allowed year-round in areas open for public fishing access. 2. All refuge ponds except Refuge Road Pond are closed to fishing from October 1 through March 14. 3. You must possess a valid State of Texas or Lake Texoma fishing license while fishing in refuge waters. 4. 5. 6. 7. o Boating 1. Boating season begins March 15 and extends through September 30. 2. Boats may be launched only at designated boat ramps located at the end of Tern Road and L Pad Road. Hand launching is available at the Goode Day Use Area. 3. All State and Federal regulations apply to boats using the refuge. 4. Hazards: Big Mineral Creek and lake waters within the refuge contain floating debris. 5. Use of any containers (jugs, bottles) as floats is not allowed. During the boating season, trotlines 6. are allowed in the open area of the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma in accordance with Texas State law. All fishing tackle, including floats, must be removed from refuge 7. waters by September 30. Fishing, entry by any means, and taking of bait is not allowed in refuge marshes or from Plover, Tern, and Egret Roads. 8. Limb lines, throw lines, jug lines, seine nets, yo-yos, and noodling are not allowed on the refuge. 9. Fishing from bridges, night fishing, and discarding any type of fishing line are not allowed. 10. We allow the use of bow and arrow to take non-game fish in refuge waters in accordance with State regulations EXCEPT from Refuge Road, Wildlife Drive, Plover Road, Tern Road, and Egret Road. 11. You may not take Alligator Gar during the month of May. 12. Taking of frogs, turtles and mussels from refuge lands or waters is not allowed. 13. Year-round, you may not take baitfish from Wildlife Drive or Refuge Road for any purpose. 8. Airboats, hovercraft, and personal watercraft such as jet skis are not allowed on the refuge. 9. S General Regulations 1. The refuge opens at sunrise and closes at sunset daily. 2. Fires are not allowed. 3. Persons possessing, transporting, or carrying firearms on National Wildlife refuges must comply with all provision of State and local law. Persons may only use (discharge) firearms in accordance with refuge regulations (50 CFR 27.42 and specific refuge regulations in 50 CFR Part 32). 4. Swimming and water skiing are not allowed. 5. Do not block gates or roads. 6. No glass containers or bottles are allowed on the refuge. Tube fishing (fishing with the aid of an inner tube-type device as part of a pair of waders for flotation) is allowed during boating season, March 15 through September 30. Boats and all other floating devices are not allowed on open waters of Lake Texoma within the refuge except Big Mineral Creek, from October 1 through March 14 annually. From October 1 through March 14, we allow only non-motorized boats and tube fishing in Big Mineral Creek from the point where it joins Lake Texoma to the upstream end of navigable waters. This includes any type of gas or electric motor that is onboard and capable of use. We allow launching only from L Pad Road. At the point where Big Mineral Creek joins Lake Texoma, Big Mineral Creek is a year-round no-wake zone to the end of upstream navigable waters. Special Daily and Size Limits White or Black Crappie Channel catfish Blue catfish Size limit: 10” minimum and 37 daily limit. Size limit: 12" minimum and combined daily bag limit 15. Only one blue 30" or greater may be retained each day. Flathead catfish Size limit: 20” minimum and 5 daily limit. Striped bass and Striped bass hybrid Daily limit 10 combined, only 2 may be 20” or longer. White bass No size limit and 25 daily limit. Largemouth Smallmouth Spotted bass Size limit: 14” minimum. Daily limit 5 combined. Interpretive Trail Day Use Area o E g Russell's Pond Auto Tour Route Boat Launch Meadow Pond Creek Visitor Center e j k L J F E O o G H D C Deaver Pond o e g K B Hiking Trail Keyes Road L I A Sandy Unit Q Elliot Road n Unio R.R. j ic Pacif Crow Hill Trail Steedman Marsh Mineral Big Marsh Mineral Area Tern Road E Bran Wright Road Bra Harris Creek Unit . N R.R Un Scale 0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Limited Access Roads County or Refuge Through Roads Refuge Boundary 2 Miles Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge h nc Refuge Road ch Quail Run Hagerman Road Refuge Headquarters ers Mey Meyers Branch Unit Harris Cr Trail dl e Mid Derby Ponds qS Picnic Pond Plainview Road e g Goode Unit ch Information Point . Big Mineral Unit Brooks Lane e Cre e Dead Woman Pond Bran 82 R.R ee Cr Brooks Lane Bennett Lane Sandy Point Road Black Diamond Road Phone: 903-786-2826 S q Union ifi

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Birds of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Snow geese descend like a prairie blizzard upon the 11,320 acre Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge located on Lake Texoma, 10 miles northwest of Sherman, Texas. Just 75 miles north of Dallas where the Red River etches the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas, migratory birds by the thousands refuel for long journeys. The main road through the refuge offers outstanding views of the restless flocks. The refuge was created to provide food and nesting habitat for all types of migratory birds. Snow, Ross’s, and Canada geese spend the entire winter loafing here on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma. Mississippi kites and scissor-tailed flycatchers hunt the summer skies for insects. Great blue herons call the refuge home in every season. Hagerman has recorded 330 species of birds that have been seen on the refuge since its establishment in 1946. The information reflected in this list was compiled by refuge staff, volunteers, and visiting ornithologists. This listing is in accordance with the seventh edition of the American Ornithologists’ Union Checklist of North American Birds, (1998) and its supplements through July 2010. Bird List Introduction and Key If you should find an unlisted or rare species during your visit, please contact the Refuge staff and provide a description. The refuge birds do not recognize traditional calendar seasons, therefore, season designations for species are intended as general guidelines. Symbols used in this list are defined as follows: Sp S F W - Spring Summer Fall Winter March - May June - July August - November December - February Abundance A - Abundant A common species that is very numerous. C - Common Likely to be seen in suitable habitats. U - Uncommon Present, not certain to be seen. O - Occasional Seen few times during the season R - Rare Seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years. X - Accidental Has been seen only once or twice. * - Nests locally or has previously nested locally (I) Introduced An established species that is not native to North America. Italicized bird names indicate threatened or endangered species. Common Name Sp S Ducks, Geese, and Swans __Black-bellied Whistling-Duck __Fulvous Whistling-Duck __Gr. White-fronted Goose U __Snow Goose C __Ross’s Goose C __Brant __Cackling Goose O __Canada Goose * U __Mute Swan (I) X __Tundra Swan __Wood Duck * U __Gadwall U __Eurasian Wigeon __American Wigeon O __American Black Duck X __Mallard * U __Mottled Duck __Blue-winged Teal C __Cinnamon Teal O __Northern Shoveler C __Northern Pintail U __Green-winged Teal U __Canvasback O __Redhead U __Ring-necked Duck U __Greater Scaup __Lesser Scaup O __Surf Scoter __White-winged Scoter __Long-tailed Duck __Bufflehead O __Common Goldeneye O __Hooded Merganser O __Common Merganser O __Red-breasted Merganser __Ruddy Duck O New World Quail __Northern Bobwhite * O Pheasants __Ring-necked Pheasant (I) X Turkeys __Wild Turkey * U Loons __Red-throated Loon __Common Loon R Grebes __Pied-billed Grebe * U __Horned Grebe O __Red-necked Grebe __Eared Grebe O __Western Grebe Storks __Wood Stork Cormorants __Neotropic Cormorant R __Double-crested Cormorant C Pelicans __American White Pelican C __Brown Pelican R Anhingas __Anhinga * R Herons, Bitterns and Egrets __American Bittern O __Least Bittern * X __Great Blue Heron * C __Great Egret * C __Snowy Egret * C __Little Blue Heron * U __Tricolored Heron R __Reddish Egret X __Cattle Egret * C __Green Heron * U __Black-crowned Night-Heron __Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * Ibises and Spoonbills __White Ibis __White-faced Ibis O __Roseate Spoonbill Vultures __Black Vulture * C __Turkey Vulture * C O U R X U O F X X C C C X O U X X U C X O X C X C O C C C O U U X U W C C C X O U X X U C O X C X R O O O O R O R O C C C O U U X O X X R O O O O R O O O O U U U R X R R R O U O X O R U O O R R R R O R C R C O C R O R R R O X C C C C R X C U O O O X C C C C R C U O O O X O O O O R R O R X C C C C C C O C R Common Name Sp S Kites, Eagles and Hawks __Osprey O __Swallow-tailed Kite X __White-tailed Kite X __Mississippi Kite * U __Bald Eagle O __Northern Harrier U __Sharp-shinned Hawk O __Cooper’s Hawk O __Northern Goshawk X __Common Black-Hawk __Harris’s Hawk __Red-shouldered Hawk * U __Broad-winged Hawk * O __Swainson’s Hawk * O __Red-tailed Hawk * U __Ferruginous Hawk __Rough-legged Hawk R __Golden Eagle Caracaras and Falcons __Crested Caracara __American Kestrel U __Merlin R __Peregrine Falcon R __Prairie Falcon X Rails, Gallinules and Coots __Black Rail X __King Rail * X __Virginia Rail R __Sora O __Purple Gallinule X __Common Moorhen X __American Coot C Cranes __Sandhill Crane R __Whooping Crane Plovers __Black-bellied Plover O __American Golden-Plover O __Snowy Plover R __Semipalmated Plover O __Piping Plover O __Killdeer * U __Mountain Plover X Stilts and Avocets __Black-necked Stilt O __American Avocet O Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies __Spotte

HAGERMAN NWR MAMMAL LIST * Hypothesized, but not confirmed by collected specimen. DIDELPHIMORPHA Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana INSECTIVORA Least Shrew* Eastern Mole Cryptotis parva Scalopus aquaticus CHIROPTERA Myotis* Eastern Red Bat Evening Bat Myotis spp. Lasiurus borealis Nycticeius humeralis XENARTHRA Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus LAGOMORPHA Black Tailed Jackrabbit Swamp Rabbit Eastern Cottontail Lepus californicus Sylvilagus aquaticus Sylvilagus floridanus RODENTIA Eastern Gray Squirrel* Eastern Fox Squirrel Southern Flying Squirrel Plains Pocket Gopher Hipsid Cotton Rat Eastern Woodrat Fulvous Harvest Mouse Hispid Pocket Mouse Deer Mouse White-footed Mouse Cotton Mouse* Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel House Mouse Common Muskrat Norway Rat Nutria American Beaver Sciurus carolinensis Sciurus niger Glaucomys volans Geomys busarius Sigmodon hispidus Neotoma floridana Reithrodontomys fulvescens Perognathus hispidus Peromyscus maniculatus Peromyscus leucopus Peromyscus gossypinus Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mus musculus Odantra zibethicus Rattus norvegicus Myocastor coypus Castor canidensis CARNIVORA Common Raccoon Ringtail* Coyote Striped Skunk Procyon lotor Bassariscus astutus Canis latrans Mephitis mephitis Eastern Spotted Skunk Bobcat Cougar Gray Fox Red Fox River Otter Badger Long-tailed Weasel Mink Spirogale putorius Lynx rufus Felis concolor Urocyon cinereoargenteus Vulpes vulpes Lutra canadensis Taxidea taxus Mustela frenata Mustela vision ARTIODACTYLA White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus 

HAGERMAN NWR AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES * Species suspected of occurring at Hagerman NWR but not confirmed by collected specimen. AMPHIBIANS Salamanders Lesser Siren* Central Newt* Small-mouthed Salamander Barred Tiger Salamander Siren intermedia Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis Ambystoma texanum Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium Toads Hurter's Toad East Texas Toad Rocky Mountain Toad Texas Toad Western Narrow-mouthed Toad Scaphiopus holbrooki hurteri Bufo woodhousii velatus Bufo woodhousii woodhousii Bufo speciosus Gastrophryne olivacea Frogs Southern Cricket Frog Blanchard's Cricket Frog Spotted Chorus Frog Strecker's Chorus Frog Striped Chorus Frog* Cope's Gray Tree Frog* Bullfrog Leopard Frog Rio Grande Leopard Frog* Green Frog* Acris gryllus gryllus Acris crepitans blanchardi Pseudacris clarki Pseudacris streckeri streckeri Pseudacris triseriata Hyla chrysoscelis Rana catesbeiana Rana pipiens Rana berlandieri Rana clamitans Turtles Mississippi Mud Turtle Stinkpot (Common Musk Turtle) Common Snapping Turtle Three-toed Box Turtle Ornate Box Turtle Ouachita Map Turtle Red-eared Turtle (Slider) Western Chicken Turtle Smooth Soft-shell Texas Spiny Soft-shell Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis Sternotherus odoratus Chelydra serpentina serpentina Terrapene carolina triunguis Terrapene ornata ornata Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis Pseudemys scripta elegans Dierochelys reticularia miaria Trionyx muticus Trionyx spiniferus emoryi Lizards Eastern Collared Lizard* Northern Fence Lizard Texas Spiny Lizard Crotaphytus collaris collaris Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus Sceloporus olivaceus Lizards (cont.) Green Anole Texas Horned Lizard (Horned Toad) Texas Spotted Whiptail Six-lined Racerunner Ground Skink Broad-headed Skink Five-lined Skink Eastern Glass Lizard (Glass-snake) Anolis carolinensis Phrynosoma cornutum Cnemidophorus gularis Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Scincella lateralis Eumeces laticeps Eumeces fasciatus Ophisaurus ventralis Snakes Texas Blind Snake Diamondbacked Water Snake Broad-banded Water Snake Blotched Water Snake Texas Brown Snake Red-bellied Snake* Checkered Garter Snake Western Ribbon Snake Texas Garter Snake* Central Lined Snake Rough Earth Snake Western Earth Snake Eastern Hognose Snake Prairie Ringneck Snake Racer Eastern Coachwhip Rough Green Snake Smooth Green Snake Texas Rat Snake Great Plains Rat Snake Bullsnake Prairie Kingsnake Speckled Kingsnake Broad-banded Copperhead Western Cottonmouth Western Pygmy Rattlesnake(Ground Rattler) Timber Rattlesnake Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Leptotyphlops dulcis dulcis Nerodia rhombifera rhombifera Nerodia sipedon confluens Nerodia erythrogaster transversa Storeria dekayi texana Storeria occipitomaculata Thamnophis marcianus Thamnophis proximus proximus Thamnophis sirtalis annectens Tropidoclonion lineatum annectens Haldea striatula Haldea valeriae elegans Heterodon platyrhinos Diadophis punctatus arnyi Coluber constrictor foxi or C.c. flaviventris Masticophis flagellum flagellum Opheodrys aestivus Opheodrys vernalis Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri Elaphe gutttata emoryi Pituophis melanoleucas sayi Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Sistrurus miliarius streckeri Crotalus horridus atricaudatus Crotalus atrox 

HAGERMAN NWR FISH SPECIES Polyodontidae Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Lepisosteidae Alligator Gar Spotted Gar Longnose Gar Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus spatula Lepisosteus oculatus Lepisosteus osseus Lepisosteus platostomus Clupeidae Gizzard Shad Threadfin Shad Dorosoma cepedianum Dorosoma petense Hiodontidae Goldeye Hiodon alosoides Cyprinidae Grass Carp Carp (German or European) Goldfish Golden Shiner Pugnose Minnow Silver Chub Emerald Shiner Sharpnose Shiner Silverband Shiner Chub Shiner Blacktail Shiner Red Shiner (Redhorse Shiner) Ghost Shiner Bullhead Minnow Fathead Minnow Mississippi Silvery Minnow Ctenopharyngodon idella Cypinus carpio Carassius auratus Notemigonus crysoleucas Opsopoeodus emiliae Hybopsis storeriana Notropis atherinoides Notropis oxyrhynchus Notropis shumardi Notropis potteri Notropis venustus Notropis lutrensis Notropis buchanani Pimphales vigilax Pimphales promelas Hybognathus nuchalis Catostomidae River Carpsucker Smallmouth Buffalo Bigmouth Buffalo Gray Redhorse Golden Redhorse Spotted Sucker Carpiodes carpio Ictiobus bubalus Ictiobus cyprinellus Moxostoma congestum Moxostoma erythrurum Minytrema melanops Ictaluridae Channel Catfish Blue Catfish Black Bullhead Yellow Bullhead Flathead Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Ictalurus furcatus Ictalurus melas Ictalurus natalis Pylodictis olivaris Anguillidae American Eel Anguilla rostrata Cyprinodontidae Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus Poeciliidae Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis Mugilidae Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus Atherinidae Mississippi Silverside Inland Silverside Brook Silverside Menidia audens Menidia beryllina Labidesthes sicculus Moronidae White Bass Striped Bass Hybrid White/striped Bass Morone chrysops Morone saxatilis M. chrysops x saxatilis Centrarchidae Smallmouth Bass Spotted Bass Largemouth Bass Warmouth Green Sunfish Bantam Sunfish Redear Sunfish Bluegill Orangespotted Sunfish Longear Sunfish White Crappie Black Crappie Micropterus dolomieui Micropterus punctulatus Micropterus salmoides Lepomis gulosus Lepomis cyanellus Lepomis symmetricus Lepomis microlophus Lepomis macrochirus Lepomis humilis Lepomis megalotis Pomoxis annularis Pomoxis nigromaculatus Percidae Walleye Logperch Slough Darter Stizostedion vitreum Percina caprodes Etheostoma gracile Sciaenidae Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens Cichlidae Mozambique Tilapia Tilapia mossambica 

HAGERMAN NWR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST Peregrine falcon Bald eagle Whooping Crane Least Tern Snowy Plover Piping Plover Falco peregrinus Haliaeetus leucocephalus Grus americanus Sterna antillarum Charadrius alexandrinus Charadrius melodus T-PD T-PD E E T E Species of concern found in the vicinity, but only rarely on the Refuge: Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Index E PD T PT = = = = Endangered Proposed De-listed Threatened Proposed Threatened PT