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Mattamuskeet
National Wildlife Refuge
38 Mattamuskeet Road
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
(252) 926-4021
FAX: (252) 926-1743
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Refuge
Facts
Established:
1934.
Acres: 50,180.
Other management responsibilities:
Swanquarter and Cedar Island national wildlife refuges. Thirteen conservation
easements in seven counties in
eastern North Carolina totaling 362 acres. Mattamuskeet Lodge (National
Register of Historic Places).
Location: the refuge
is 9 miles east of Swan Quarter, NC by U.S. Highway 264 and U.S. Highway
94 in Hyde County.
For additional basics, try:
Natural History
Financial Impact of Refuge
Refuge Objectives
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