Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge

Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife RefugesAddress:c/o Mattamuskeet NWR
38 Mattamuskeet Rd
Swanquarter, NC 27885

Phone:252-926-4021
Fax:252-926-1743
Web: www.fws.gov/cedarisland/
Established: 1964.
Location:40 miles northeast of Beaufort, North Carolina, along the Atlantic coast.
Facilities:2 boat ramps.
Activities:Boating, canoeing, fishing, hunting.
Special Features:Refuge also provides habitat and protection for American alligators and brown pelicans.
Habitats: 14,480 acres of brackish coastal marsh pocosin and woodlands.
Access: Year round.
Wild life: Diving ducks (including lesser scaups, canvasbacks, redheads, and buffleheads), sea ducks, American black ducks, black rails, wading birds, and shore birds.

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