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National Wildlife Refuges (13) Sites:
» Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
Description and origins of 4,700 acre wildlife refuge in Limestone, Maine, along with recreational opportunities, directions, map and area weather. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53630 » Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness
Twelve thousand acre wilderness area surrounding Caribou and Speckled Mountains in western Maine, generally steep terrain forested with northern hardwoods, white pine, spruce and fir. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=99 » Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery
Description and origins of Atlantic salmon hatchery replenishing seven Maine rivers with two million salmon annually, synopsis of educational exhibits, directions, map and area weather. http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&facilityId=203874&agencyCode=127 » Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
Seventeen hundred acre wildlife refuge, part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge complex, spanning six islands near Cutler, Maine. Avian life includes bald eagles, ospreys and song birds. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53535 » Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge
Twelve acre island about six miles from Friendship, Maine on Muscongus Bay, supports gulls, eiders, black-crowned night herons, Leach's storm petrels and ospreys. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53536 » Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
Official site of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This wildlife refuge, with one of the largest lakes along the Maine/New Hampshire border, includes wetland complexes. http://www.fws.gov/northeast/lakeumbagog » Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service site describes 150 mile long wildlife refuge along the Maine coast, including other refuges that are part of the complex. Includes discussion of fauna, habitat, habitants and area lighthouses. http://www.fws.gov/northeast/mainecoastal/ » Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service site describes 17,000 acre refuge near Calais Maine, including bald eagle and other birding opportunities, things to do, and visitor rules. http://www.fws.gov/northeast/moosehorn/ » Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
Ten acre island refuge at the mouth of the Kennebec River by Popham Beach, part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge complex, supports nesting terns, common eiders and a variety of shorebirds, songbirds and raptors. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53537 » Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service site describes 7,600 refuge in Wells, Maine, that protects ten key estuaries along migration routes of waterfowl, the threatened piping plover, lesser yellowlegs and more than 250 other species, includes birding and trail ma http://www.fws.gov/northeast/rachelcarson/ » Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Sixty-five acre island refuge off the coast of Rockland, Maine, supports Arctic and common terns, eiders, guillermots and Atlantic puffins. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53534 » Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Ten thousand acre parcel in Milford, Maine, is home to a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects. Other divisions include the 1,055 acre Carlton Pond wetland in Waldo County that harbors the endangered black tern. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53560 » Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Sixteen hundred acre research, education and recreation reserve in Wells, Maine, includes diverse habitats such as woodlands, wetlands and beaches, seven miles of hiking trails and many bird watching opportunities. http://www.wellsreserve.org/ This category needs an editor
Last Updated: 2007-10-09 15:08:06
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