Additional purchases were approved that will potentially increase the size of the refuge to 7,300 acres (29.5 km2).

Additional negotiations propose an expansion to a potential 280,000 acres (1,100 km2), most of which currently belongs to private landowners.

The facility is unstaffed, but is administered by the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge in Anniston, Alabama.

It is home to Hymenocallis coronaria, a threatened plant species known in Alabama as the Cahaba lily.

[3] The refuge provides opportunities for fishing, canoeing, hiking, photography, and wildlife observation.