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The refuge is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as part of the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Charlestown, Rhode Island; the complex includes all five National Wildlife Refuges in Rhode Island: Chafee NWR, Block Island NWR, Ninigret NWR, Sachuest Point NWR, and Trustom Pond NWR. [6] [4]
Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Rhode Island.Its headquarters is in Charlestown, Rhode Island.Dotted along the Rhode Island's Atlantic coastline, the five refuges that make up the complex (Ninigret, Trustom Pond, John H. Chafee at Petaquamscutt Cove, Block Island and Sachuest Point) offer a wide variety of natural settings.
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island. Sachuest Point (SAT-choo-est [2]) is a wildlife refuge in the southeasternmost part of the Town of Middletown, Rhode Island, on a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island Sound, the 242-acre (0.98 km 2).
The Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge situated along the shore of Ninigret Pond. [2] It is characterized by salt marshes , kettle ponds , freshwater wetlands , maritime shrub lands, and forests, and it is seasonally inhabited by over 250 species of birds.
The refuge also provides habitat for the endangered American burying beetle, supporting the only population of this species known east of the Mississippi River. Piping plovers, a threatened species, occur in the refuge, as do four other state species of concern. The refuge is also home to the largest gull colony in Rhode Island.
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Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge* Washington County: 1980 1,700 acres (6.9 km 2) [178] Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge* Knox County: 1973 12 acres (0.049 km 2) [179] Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Washington County: 1937 28,751 acres (116.35 km 2) [180] Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge* Hancock County Washington County: 1974
The Rhode Island red is the state bird of Rhode Island. This list of birds of Rhode Island is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the U.S. state of Rhode Island . Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the Rhode Island Avian Records Committee (RIARC) [ 1 ] with some additions from Avibase .