Visiting the Refuge
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge may be visited, but only with advance reservations or during refuge sponsored events. To learn more, check out our Plan Your Visit page.
Plan Your VisitAbout the Complex
The complex is comprised of four refuges: Rappahannock River Valley, Presquile, James River and Plum Tree Island
Presquile is managed as part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Learn more about the complex About the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.
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What's Happening
March 23, 2013Come get involved in a variety of volunteer projects including trail maintenance, sign installation, habitat work and others.
Volunteer Day
April 13, 2013Join the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the James River Association to celebrate the official kick-off the Ecology School. The day will include nature tours, canoe trips, wildlife-oriented displays, speeches by dignitaries, and much more.
Please visit the link below to RSVP for the event.
Grand Opening for the James River Ecology School
May 16, 2013Search for bald eagles, great blue herons, egrets, and osprey during this unique opportunity to travel the waters of the James River with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as your guide.
International Migratory Bird Day Pontoon Boat and Island Tour
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The prothonotary warbler is a small, brightly-colored yellow bird that frequents the tidal swamp forest in spring and summer. Although the neo-tropical migrant is small in stature, it has a loud, distinctive call. Visitors to the wetland boardwalk can listen for the zweet, zweet, zweet, zweet, zweet, zweet song all on one pitch.
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Page Photo Credits — All photos courtesy of USFWS unless otherwise noted.
Last Updated: Mar 12, 2013