Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
The Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge, is a twelve-mile long river wetlands conservation area, in two major parcels, stretching from the towns of Billerica, Massachusetts (downstream) to Wayland, Massachusetts (upstream), along the Concord and Sudbury rivers. Considered by some ornithologists among the best inland bird observatories in the state of Massachusetts, it is a popular destination for bird watchers and tourists. [ [http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53511 Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge] "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". Retrieved January 1, 2007.]
The original 250-acre Concord, Massachusetts parcel that was the beginning of the sanctuary has been known as the "Great Meadows," for several centuries, and was donated by Concord resident Samuel Hoar in 1944 to the Federal Government. [Wilson, Leslie Perrin. [http://www.concordma.com/magazine/augsept99/hoar.html Papers of the Legendary Hoar Family] "Concord Magazine," August/September 1999; retrieved December 1, 2006.]
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* [http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53511 Official Web site]
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