Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge

Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge

Infobox_protected_area | name = Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
iucn_category = IV


caption =
locator_x = 256
locator_y = 238
location = McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
nearest_city = Savannah, Georgia
lat_degrees = 31
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 27.51
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 81
long_minutes = 12
long_seconds = 43.80
long_direction = W
area = 5,618 acres (118 km²)
established = 1924
visitation_num = 130,000
visitation_year = 2004
governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [ [http://www.fws.gov/blackbeardisland/ Blackbeard Island NWR Home Page ] ] The Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,618 acre (118 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located in McIntosh county in Georgia. The refuge was established to provide a nature and forest preserve for esthetic and conservation purposes.

The refuge is one of seven refuges administered by the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex in Savannah, Georgia. The complex has a combined staff of 31 with a fiscal year 2005 budget of $3,582,000.

History

The land which is currently Blackbeard Island originally came from the Navy Department in 1800 in a public auction as a source of live oak timber for ship building. The island was then placed under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Biological Survey to be maintained as a preserve and breeding ground for native wildlife and migratory birds in 1924. A presidential proclamation in 1940 changed its designation from Blackbeard Island Reservation to Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Topography

Blackbeard island is accessible only by boat. Transportation to the island is not provided by the Fish and Wildlife Service. A public boat ramp on Harris Neck NWR (Barbour River Landing) may also be used as a launching site for trips to the island. [ [http://www.packyourgear.com/Georgia/Blackbeard-Island-National-Wildlife-Refuge.aspx Park Information - Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge ] ]

The island is comprised of interconnecting linear dunes thickly covered by oak/palmetto vegetation. There are approximately convert|1163|acre|km2 of open freshwater or freshwater marsh, convert|2000|acre|km2 of regularly flooded salt marsh, convert|2115|acre|km2 of maritime forest, and convert|340|acre|km2 of sandy beach. [ [http://www.stateparks.com/blackbeard_island.html Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, a Georgia State Park ] ]

Wildlife and protected species

The main objective of the refuge is to provide wintering habitat and protection for migratory birds. It is also to provide protection and management for endangered and threatened species such as the loggerhead sea turtle, American bald eagle, wood stork, and piping plover. Notable concentrations of waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, songbirds, raptors, deer, and alligators can be seen at various times of the year.

Facilities

There is no visitor center at the refuge.

ee also

*List of National Wildlife Refuges

References

External links

* [http://www.fws.gov/savannah/index.htm Savannah National Wildlife Refuge homepage]
* [http://www.fws.gov/blackbeardisland/ Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge]


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