Cape Romain
Awendaw, SC 29429-5908
Plan Your Visit
Visit Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and experience pristine sandy beaches, salt marsh vistas, and a sub-tropical maritime forest of Live oak, Cabbage palmetto and Loblolly pine.
View our General Brochure for more information on the refuge and the Sewee Visitor Center.
The refuge does not charge an entrance fee. Hunters need to have a signed permit, see the Hunting Regulations Brochure.
Activities
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Get Involved
Whether you want to further conservation, learn more about nature or share your love of the outdoors, you’ve come to the right place. National Wildlife Refuges provide many opportunities for you to help your community and fish and wildlife by doing what you love. We welcome individuals and organized groups to help us further our conservation goals. Contact our office for more information on the opportunities listed below:
- Volunteers: Gain new experiences and meet new people while helping to advance wildlife conservation. Our programs include resource management, visitor services, and maintenance. Many volunteers at Cape Romain desire to work and gain hands-on experience in all three areas. Resident volunteers help complete the same work and take advantage of one of the three RV sites. Each site has water, electric, and sewer hook-ups, and an outbuilding with washer/dryer is available. We ask an individual for a work commitment of 28 hours each week for a minimum of three months. Please check our current opportunities posted on Volunteer.gov.
- Friends: Join neighbors in helping refuges restore habitat and expand access to green space.
- Landowners: Learn how you can partner with the Fish and Wildlife Service to voluntarily restore land.
- Local Groups: Find out how communities can work with refuges better for wildlife and people.
- Youth: Explore paid and unpaid opportunities to learn and develop leadership skills.
Working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Services
Wildlife conservation is at the heart of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Conservation management on the refuge includes nest protection for the threatened Loggerhead sea turtle, surveys and protection of nesting areas for migratory seabird and shorebirds, husbandry for the endangered Red Wolf, and measures to eradicate invasive plant species. Water control structures at impoundments are managed to maximize food supplies for waterfowl, wading birds and shorebirds. Habitat enhancement and restoration practices are undertaken to protect the maritime forest and provide quality spaces for wildlife.
About
Established in 1932 to conserve habitat for migratory birds, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 66,306 acres of barrier islands, salt marshes, and maritime forests. It provides critical habitat for over 293 bird species and supports recovery efforts for the threatened Loggerhead sea turtle and endangered Red Wolf.
Over fifty percent of the refuge is a designated Class I National Wilderness Area, and it contains historic landmarks including two 19th-century lighthouses.
