Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge

Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Hancock County, Washington County, Maine, United States
Nearest city	Steuben, Maine
Coordinates	44°26′10″N 67°53′52″W / 44.43619°N 67.89777°W / 44.43619; -67.89777Coordinates: 44°26′10″N 67°53′52″W / 44.43619°N 67.89777°W / 44.43619; -67.89777^[1]
Area	6,367 acres (25.77 km²)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/mainecoastal/Petitmananis/

Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Cross Island, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.

Geography

Petit Manan NWR has a surface area of 6,367 acres (25.77 km²).^[2] It is part of the Town of Steuben.

The Refuge has four mainland divisions. The 2,195-acre (8.88 km²) acre Petit Manan Point Division. The Gouldsboro Bay Division protects 623 acres (2.52 km²). The 1,028-acre (4.16 km²) Sawyer’s Marsh Division. The 431-acre (1.74 km²) Corea Heath Division.

Petit Manan NWR includes 2,078 acres (8.41 km²) acres on 41 islands, stretching the entire coastline of Maine.

References

Profile of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

National Wildlife Refuges	Aroostook Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island Franklin Island Moosehorn Petit Manan Pond Island Rachel Carson Seal Island Sunkhaze Meadows

National Forests	White Mountain

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Aroostook Baxter Birch Point Bradbury Mountain Camden Hills Cobscook Bay Crescent Beach Damariscotta Lake Ferry Beach Fort Point Grafton Notch Holbrook Island Sanctuary Lake St. George Lamoine Lilly Bay Moose Point Mount Blue Peacock Beach Peaks-Kenny Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach Quoddy Head Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Reid Roque Bluffs Shackford Head Sebago Lake Swans Falls Campground Swan Lake Two Lights Vaughan Woods Warren Island Wolfe's Neck Woods

State Historic Sites	Bible Point Colburn House Colonial Pemaquid Eagle Island Fort Baldwin Fort Edgecomb Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox Fort McClary Fort O'Brien Major Reuben Colburn House John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden

State Forests	Durham State Forest

Maine Department of Conservation (web)

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