Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

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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.

Pocosin Lakes NWR receives 34,000 visitors annually. The refuge is home to endangered species, such as the Red Wolf and the Red-cockaded Woodpecker

[edit] External links

• Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Home Page