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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
708 N Hwy 64
Manteo, 27954

National Park Overview
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge was established on March 14, 1984. It contains 152,195 acres which lie on the mainland portions of Dare and Hyde Counties, North Carolina. The Refuge is roughly 28 miles from north to south and 15 miles from east to west. It is bordered on the west by the Alligator River and the Intracoastal Waterway 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.

Alligator River Refuge was established to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat typethe pocosinand its associated wildlife species. The diversity of habitat types include high and low pocosin, bogs, fresh and brackish water marshes, hardwood swamps and Atlantic white cedar swamps. Considered among the last remaining strongholds for black bear in eastern North Carolina and on the mid-Atlantic Coast, the Refuge also provides valuable habitat for concentrations of ducks, geese and swans wading birds, shorebirds -merican woodcock, raptors -merican alligators, white-tailed deer, raccoons, rabbits, quail, river otters, red-cockaded woodpeckers and migrating songbirds. It serves as the core area for re-establishing the red wolf back into the wild.

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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Habitats. Human-disturbed areas. As discussed above, not all of the land in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is in its natural state. Areas...The Albemarle Region Attractions. CAMDEN, PASQUOTANK, & GATES COUNTIES Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge KNOTTS ISLAND Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge KNOTTS ISLAND Knotts...COLUMBIA Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is the largest in the Albemarle/ Pamlico region. Endangered species receive primary consideration in refuge activities. Some...Welcome to North Carolinas Outer Banks and to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.