Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
Northeast Region
 
Nantucket, MA
c/o Great Meadows NWR
73 Weir Hill Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
(978) 443-4661
fw5rw_emnwr@fws.gov

About Us

The Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of more than 550 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System throughout the United States. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the world's largest and most diverse collection of lands and waters specifically set aside for the conservation and management of wildlife resources. Nantucket NWR is one of eight refuges comprising the Eastern Massachusetts NWR Complex. These ecologically diverse refuges include the Assabet River, Great Meadows, Mashpee, Massasoit, Monomoy, Nantucket, Nomans Land Island, and Oxbow NWRs.

Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS
Refuge sign at Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

 
Last updated: August 1, 2011