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Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
Mailing Address:
Swanquarter NWR c/o Mattamuskeet NWR
Route 1, Box N-2
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
Phone:
(919)926-4021
Fax:
(919)926-1743
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge,
located on Pamlico Sound in Hyde County, North Carolina, was
established on June 23, 1932. The refuge is 15,643 acres of
saltmarsh islands and forested wetland interspersed with
potholes, creeks, and drains. An additional 27,082 acres of
adjacent, non-refuge open water are closed by Presidential
Proclamation to the taking of migratory birds. Approximately
8,800 acres are included in the National Wilderness
Preservation System. Marsh vegetation is dominated by black
needlerush and sawgrass while the mainland is forested by
loblolly pine, pond pine and baldcypress. Swanquarter NWR is
an important estuarine and wilderness resource, it and the
surrounding proclamation waters provide winter sanctuary for
black ducks and thousan ds of 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. Facilities are
limited and consist of approximately two miles of gravel
road and a 1,100-foot fishing pier.
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