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- Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
- List of National Wildlife Refuges
- Plum Island (Massachusetts)
- Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
- Navassa Island
- Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge
The Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Poquoson, Virginia, located on the southwestern corner of the Chesapeake Bay. The 3,501-acre (14.17 km2) refuge is located at about the midpoint of the Atlantic Flyway, and is one of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Prior to being transferred to the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1972, the preserve's lands were owned by the United States Department of Defense and used as a bombing range. Due to the amount of unexploded ordnance that remains, only the 200-acre (0.81 km2) Cow Island portion of the refuge is open to the public.
References
FWS page
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
External links
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
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