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The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (abbreviated as the CMR NWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of Montana on the Missouri River. The refuge surrounds Fort Peck Reservoir and is 915,814 acres (3,706.17 km 2) in size. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the lower 48 states of the United States ...
The Virginia Natural Area Preserve System is a system of protected areas in the state of Virginia. It is managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation . As of 2024, there are sixty-six (66) dedicated preserves in Virginia totaling 61,153 acres (247.48 km 2 ). These preserves contain examples of some of the rarest natural ...
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve is a 2,486-acre (10.06 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located along the Bull Run Mountains in Fauquier and Prince William counties, Virginia. Dedicated in 2002, the majority of the preserve is owned and operated by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF). It harbors a number of outstanding natural community ...
Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
Virginia Beach, Virginia: 1960 8,231 acres (33.31 km 2) [320] Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge^^ Hyde County: 1934 50,173 acres (203.04 km 2) [321] Mountain Bogs National Wildlife Refuge: Ashe County: 2015 39 acres (0.16 km 2) [322] Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge^ Dare County: 1938 31,534 acres (127.61 km 2) [323] Pee Dee National ...
The Channels Natural Area Preserve is a 721-acre (2.92 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located in Washington and Russell counties, Virginia. It was established in April 2008 to protect a number of significant natural communities and habitats, including high-elevation forests, rock outcrops, and cliffs. Its name comes from a cluster of eroded ...
The Piney Grove Flatwoods Natural Area Preserve is a 446-acre (1.80 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located west of the town of Wakefield, Virginia in Sussex County. [1] [2] Governor Ralph Northam dedicated the land as the 66th natural area preserve on 23 November 2021. [3] [4] The preserve is part of a larger 10,000-acre (40 km 2) protected area ...
Virginia Natural Area Preserve System reserves — managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to protect threatened &/or rare native plants−animals−plant communities Wikimedia Commons has media related to Natural Area Preserves of Virginia and Nature reserves in Virginia .