Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, on the upper Texas coast near Anahuac and East Bay, protects about 34,000 acres of coastal marsh and prairie in a major North American migration corridor. Established in 1963 under its former name, it is especially important for birdlife, including wintering waterfowl, neotropical migrants, marsh birds, and all nine North American rail species. Its wetlands also support alligators, bobcats, otters, and other wildlife, including the localized bay skipper. The surrounding upper coast was also one of the red wolf’s last Texas strongholds, and canines trapped there in the late 1970s contributed to the captive breeding program that supports the species today.