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The Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Poquoson, Virginia, located on the southwestern corner of the Chesapeake Bay.The 3,501-acre (14.17 km 2) refuge is located at about the midpoint of the Atlantic Flyway, and is one of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset, Wambrook, near Chard, originally run by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton Hillside Animal Sanctuary , Frettenham, Norwich Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital , Knutsford , Cheshire
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 nonprofit today operates a 158,000 acre private wildlife reserve that includes a cheetah sanctuary, veterinary clinic, genetics lab and research/education/training center. The complex is open ...
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The Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000-acre (57 km 2) wildlife preserve operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.It is primarily located on the Virginia half of Assateague Island with portions (only about 3%) located on the Maryland side of the island, as well as Morris Island and Wildcat Marsh.
The refuge has a mix of wetlands, forest, and native grasslands that provides a diversity of habitats for wide variety of species. Wetland habitats cover about 50% of the refuge and include wet meadows, bottomland hardwoods, open freshwater marsh, and tidally influenced marshes and streams. Upland meadows and mature oak-hickory-beech forest are ...
(The Center Square) — Sanctuary cities could be one of the most hotly debated issues – whether behind closed doors or on the chamber floor – during the Virginia General Assembly’s 2025 ...