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Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
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National Park Contact Information |
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Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
38 Mattamuskeet Road
Swan Quarter, 27885
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National Park Overview |
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Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge, located on Pamlico Sound in Hyde County, North Carolina, was established on June 23, 1932. Approximately 8,800 acres are included in the National Wilderness Preservation System. The refuge is made up of saltmarsh islands and forested wetland interspersed with potholes, creeks, and drains.
Marsh vegetation is dominated by black needlerush and sawgrass while the mainland is forested by loblolly pine, pond pine and bald cypress. An additional 27,082 acres of adjacent, non-refuge open water are closed by Presidential Proclamation to the taking of migratory birds. Swanquarter NWR is an important estuarine and wilderness resource, it and the surrounding proclamation waters provide winter sanctuary for black ducks and canvasbacks, redheads and scaup. Additionally, it provides habitat for nesting osprey and colonial waterbirds and supports one of the northernmost populations of the American alligator. |
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Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge and Gull Rock | |
Tar-Pamlico Basinwide Water Quality Management Plan Foreword and Executive Summary December 1994. Mattamuskeet National Wildlife RefugeHyde County, NC. Prepared by the NC Division of Water... | |
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