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Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Natural History
-Refuge lands once the southern extremity of the Great Dismal Swamp.
-Concentrations of ducks, geese tundra swans, raptors and black bears.
-Re-introduction site of endangered red wolf.
-Open water 6,291 acres; riverine swamp 25,427 acres; pocosin wetlands 50,319 acres; agriculture 1,200 acres; grass fields 25,828 acres; pine hardwood forest 1,486 acres;other 3,123 acres.
-Refuge lands once the southern extremity of the Great Dismal Swamp.
-Concentrations of ducks, geese tundra swans, raptors and black bears.
-Re-introduction site of endangered red wolf.
-Open water 6,291 acres; riverine swamp 25,427 acres; pocosin wetlands 50,319 acres; agriculture 1,200 acres; grass fields 25,828 acres; pine hardwood forest 1,486 acres;other 3,123 acres.