Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge protects eleven thousand five hundred fifty-six acres of swampy bottomland along the Hatchie River floodplain in southern Haywood County, Tennessee. This low-lying river landscape is an important wetland corridor in West Tennessee, sustaining rich habitat for aquatic life, waterfowl, fish, snakes, and mammals adapted to river and swamp environments. Interstate 40 cuts through the refuge, placing a major travel route between Nashville and Memphis directly across this protected floodplain. The refuge matters as a preserved stretch of bottomland that shelters wildlife closely tied to the Hatchie River’s wetlands.