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Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
1000 Business Center Drive,
Savannah, 31405

National Park Overview
Wassaw Island, one of Georgias coastal barrier islands, was designated a National Wildlife Refuge on October 20, 1969. Unlike many of Georgias Golden Isles, little development and few management practices have modified Wassaws primitive character. The 10,053-acre refuge includes beaches with rolling dunes, maritime forest and vast salt marshes. The refuge is bordered by the Wilmington River and Wassaw Sound on the north, the Vernon River and Ossabaw Sound on the South and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Salt marsh and tidal creeks separate the refuge from the mainland and Skidaway Island to the west.

Refuge visitors may enjoy recreational activities such as birdwatching, beachcombing, hiking and general nature studies. The 20 miles of dirt roads on Wassaw Island and seven miles of beach provides an ideal wildlife trail system for hikers. Birdwatching is particularly fruitful during the spring and fall migrations.

The island supports rookeries for egrets and herons and a variety of wading birds are abundant in the summer months. In summer, telltale tracks on Wassaws beach attest to nocturnal visits by the threatened loggerhead sea turtles which come ashore for egg laying and then return secretively to the sea.

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Wildlife Viewing > Colonial Coast > Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Description The 10,070
that comprise Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge include a single

of the Georgia natural areas. Colonial Coast 57 Savannah National Wildlife Refuge 58 Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge 59 Fort Pulaski National Monument 60 Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge 61

Island National Wildlife Refuge -- SC Savannah National Wildlife Refuge -- SC Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge -- GA Tybee National Wildlife Refuge -- SC Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge -- GA

mission of the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, working with others, is to conserve, protect and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
mission of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, working with others, is to conserve, protect and
uplands closed to public access) Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Wolf Island National Wildlife

897-7300 Fax(912) 897- 0668 Savannah and Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Excursions Bull River Cruises will host cruises to
Skidaway Departure Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge- Wassaw Island

and Harris Neck (GORP) Warm Springs Regional Fisheries Center and Aquaruim Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Corps of Army Engineers Lakes in Georgia Corps

15 person max. on each Carolina Skiff (2 available)] Take a boat ride to the Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge or another barrier island. Hike through the maritime forest and explore one of the

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.The Nature Conservancy of Georgiapreserve profiles including Banks Lake Preserve

Refuges 1000 Business Center Drive, Suite 10, Savannah, GA 31405 r4rw_ga.scr@fws.gov Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge +1 912 652 4415 c/o Savannah Coastal Refuges 1000 Business Center Drive, Suite