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Middlesex County
Still River, Massachusetts 01467 Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge website Friends of Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge website Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge brochure and map Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge trail brochure =Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (Middlesex County)=

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Oxbow NWR (Middlesex County)
Coordinates: 42.561636, -71.6097054 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
Located just 40 miles west of Boston, the 1,667-acre refuge lies along almost eight miles of the Nashua River in north-central Massachusetts. Within its boundary is a diverse array of habitats beneficial to wildlife: wetlands, forested uplands, old fields, oxbow ponds, and, of course, the river itself. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manage the refuge for a variety of wildlife species, with a special emphasis on migratory waterfowl and birds that are dependent on grass/shrub land habitat.

In 1917, Camp Devens was established, later to become Fort Devens. The Fort was carved from the towns of Harvard, Lancaster, Ayer and Shirley. Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge was established through a number of land transfers from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service beginning in 1974. The Service acquired an additional 120 acres in the Town of Harvard in 2001 and will continue to work with partners to protect additional wildlife habitat in the area.

From MA-2, take Exit 38 (MA-110/MA-111) south toward Harvard; bear right to stay on MA-110 at Harvard Center; and, turn right onto Still River Depot Road at the Still River Post Office. The refuge parking area is at the end of Still River Depot Road. Please use Still River as the town instead of Harvard for GPS navigation. From Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge website

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