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Swanquarter Wilderness was designated in 1976, and it covers 8,785 acres (36 km 2) in the Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina. The most prevalent bird wintering species residing in refuge marshes include northern pintail , green-winged teal , gadwall , American wigeon , mallard , and American black duck .
The Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge is located in Hyde County, North Carolina near the village of Swan Quarter. The area is a federally protected land and home to many species of wildlife and waterfowl. The refuge is administered from the nearby Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge has a total area of 16,411 acres (66.41 km 2 ...
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge: Moffat County: CO 1965 12,150 acres (49.2 km 2) [67] Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge: Alamosa and Rio Grande Counties CO 1953 14,800 acres (60 km 2) [67] Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: Jefferson County: CO July 12, 2007 3,953 acres (16.00 km 2) Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge ...
The Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is an administrative organization that manages U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife refuges in eastern North Carolina. The complex includes
Hyde County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,589, [1] making it the second-least populous county in North Carolina.
Swan Quarter is in western Hyde County at latitude 35.405 N and longitude 76.331 W. The elevation is 3 feet (0.91 m) above sea level. It is located on Swanquarter Bay, an inlet of Pamlico Sound. U.S. Route 264 runs along the northern edge of the community, leading east 69 miles (111 km) to Manteo and west 51 miles (82 km) to Washington.
Linville Gorge Wilderness. The protected areas of North Carolina cover roughly 3.8 million acres, making up 11% of the total land in the state. [1] 86.5% of this protected land is publicly owned and is managed by different federal and state level authorities and receive varying levels of protection. [1]
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km 2) of federal land as of 2023. They are managed by four agencies: National Park Service (NPS) United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)