America's Wildest Places - Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina
The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge encompasses more than 113,000 acres and was established in 1990 to protect and enhance a unique type of wetlands called Pocosin and to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl and other birds.
Pocosin wetlands are extremely flat and their natural drainage is poor. The top layer of soil is comprised of mostly organic material, or peat. This organic matter consists of leaves, sticks, and other organic debris that were once submerged in water and decomposed slowly. It takes over 100 years to create one inch of peat.
Water bodies on the refuge consist of black-water rivers, Pungo Lake, Lake Phelps, and New Lake. Black-water rivers begin in the coastal plain and, unlike brow-water systems that originate in the piedmont or mountains, carry very little inorganic sediment. The dark water of Pungo Lake is caused by tannins and particles from peat and natural vegetation that prevent sunlight penetration to the bottom of the lake. Therefore, no submerged aquatic vegetation occurs in Pungo Lake. Thousands of waterfowl can be observed on the lakes during fall and winter.
Pocosin Lakes supports a large variety of wildlife. Over 200 species of birds, over 40 species of mammals, and over 40 species of reptiles and amphibians use the refuge habitats. The Pungo Unit provides wintering habitat for many species of ducks which arrive after the first full moon in November, as well as large concentrations of tundra swans and snow geese. The spring and fall migration of migratory songbirds paints the forests with a variety of beautiful songs and colors. The refuge also has the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and bald eagles. Large populations of black bears and white-tailed deer inhabit the refuge. Other mammals found here include the endangered red wolf, raccoon, gray squirrel, cotton-tail rabbit, marsh rabbit, bobcat, gray fox, red fox, and coyote. For reptiles and amphibians, there are four venomous snakes including timber rattlesnake, cottonmouth, pygmy rattlesnake and copperhead; and numerous species of turtles, such as yellow-bellied slider, painted, spotted, snapping, box, mud, and musk turtles. There are also a variety of frogs and toads on the refuge including southern leopard frog, American toad, cricket frog, green tree frog, eastern narrowmouth, spade foot toad, squirrel tree frog, carpenters frog and bullfrogs. In addition, North Carolina is at the northern tip of the range of the American alligator and they are occasionally seen on the refuge.
Getting There
The Refuge is located 6 miles south of Columbia, NC off Hwy 94 on the east and 18 miles south of Plymouth, NC off Hwy 45 on the west. There are several access points to the refuge. The Pungo Unit can be accessed by taking Hwy 45 South to Pantego, NC. Other parts of the Refuge can be accessed by taking Hwy 64 to Roper and turning onto Newland Road and then taking Shore Drive. The Walter B. Jones, Sr. Center for the Sounds, refuge visitor center and headquarters complex, is located on Hwy 64 in Columbia, NC next to the Tyrrell County Visitor's Center.
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Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Located on the coastal plain of North Carolina in Washington, Tyrrell and Hyde Counties. Area: 110,106 acres or 72 square miles.
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The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, North Carolina. Its headquarters is located in Columbia, NC.
Pocosin Lakes NWR was established in 1990. Originally, the 12,000-acre (49 km2) southwestern portion of the refuge was established in 1963 as the Pungo National Wildlife Refuge, but was merged in 1990 with Pocosin Lakes. The National Wildlife Refuge is 110,106 acres (446 km2), and approximately 90,000 acres (364 km2) were donated.
The refuge is home to endangered species, such as the Red Wolf and the Red-cockaded Woodpecker
On June 1, 2008, lightning struck the refuge and started a wildfire that had, as of 17 September 2008, spread to about 40,704 acres (164.72 km2), and was completely contained.[1] [2] The fire was declared out on January 9, 2009.[3]
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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Dare County, North Carolina Traveling on Route 264 East.
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The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is composed of 152,000 acres (615 km²) lying in the mainland portions of Dare and Hyde Counties, North Carolina.[1] It is roughly 28 miles (45 km) from north to south and 15 miles (24 km) from east to west and lies in North Carolina's Coastal Plain. It is bordered on the west by the Alligator River and the Intracoastal Waterway, which is crossed by the 2.8 mile Lindsay C. Warren bridge; on the north by Albemarle Sound; on the east by Croatan and Pamlico Sounds; and on the south by Long Shoal River and corporate farmland. The Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge[2] is administered as a part of the complex. The Alligator River Manager supervises the Mackay Island, Currituck, and Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Managers.
The habitat includes many diverse types including high and low pocosin,[3] bogs, fresh and brackish water marshes, hardwood swamps, and Atlantic White Cypress swamps. Plant species include pitcher plants and sun dews, low bush cranberries, Redbay, Atlantic White Cypress, Pond Pine, American Sweetgum, Red Maple, and a wide variety of herbaceous and shrub species common to the East Coast.
The Refuge is one of the premier strongholds for American Black Bear[4] on the Eastern Seaboard. It also has concentrations of ducks, geese, and swans. The wildlife diversity includes wading birds, shorebirds, American Woodcock, raptors, American Black Bears, American Alligators, White-tailed Deer, Raccoons, Cottontail rabbits, Bobwhite Quail, Northern River Otters, Red Wolves,[5][6] Red-cockaded Woodpeckers,[7] and neotropical migrants.
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