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Bull Island is at 4,900 acres (20 km 2) the largest of the barrier islands that are part of the refuge. [1] A regular ferry service to Bull Island is provided by a private charter service at Garris Landing. The Island was the site of a third lighthouse, Bulls Bay Light which was deactivated in 1913 and lost to the sea years ago. The island also ...
The refuge consists of four units, Bluff with the Visitor Center, Pine Island, Dingle Pond with a Carolina Bay, and Cuddo the largest unit. The visitor center is open Tuesday through Friday, 8am to 4pm, but may be closed due to volunteer availability. Call ahead to be certain. The Cuddo unit is closed on Mondays.
The Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 4,053-acre (16 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Beaufort County, South Carolina between the mainland and Hilton Head Island. Named after Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney , it was established to provide a nature and forest preserve for aesthetic and conservation purposes.
Wildlife Refuge appears to be poised to fair better than The Agency, as it's rooted in some successful games of its type and has a cute factor that the Agency was missing. Let's take a quick peek ...
The Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge is a 45,348-acre (183.52 km 2) national wildlife refuge (NWR) located in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from a headquarters located in McBee, South Carolina. The refuge is served by U.S. Highway 1, which passes through it. [2]
Wilderness designation also helps protect diverse refuge areas including islands, lakes, forests, deserts, and mountains. Currently, 20.6 million acres (83,400 km 2) of refuge lands have been designated as wilderness under provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964. The act states that these Congressionally designated areas "shall be administered ...
The refuge is located in the heart of the Lowcountry, a band of low land, bordered on the west by sandhill ridges and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, extending from Georgetown, South Carolina to St. Mary's, Georgia. There are 38 miles (61 km) of river and over 25 miles (40 km) of streams and creeks within the refuge boundaries.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area. Bear Island is an undeveloped 12,021-acre (48.65 km 2) Sea Island and wildlife management area in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the ACE Basin estuarine reserve area and is managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). The area is open to the public ...