US-GA-Wassaw+National+Wildlife+Refuge


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Chatham County
=Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge= Savannah, GA 31411 Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge webpage Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge trail map

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Wassaw NWR
Coordinates: 31.880473, -80.9671783 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
Wassaw, one of Georgia's coastal barrier islands, was designated a National Wildlife Refuge on October 20, 1969. Unlike many of Georgia's Golden Isles, little development and few management practices have modified Wassaw's primitive character. The 10,053-acre refuge includes beaches with rolling dunes, live oak and slash pine woodlands, and vast salt marshes.

Refuge visitors may enjoy recreational activities such as birdwatching, beachcombing, hiking, and general nature studies. The 20 miles of dirt roads on Wassaw Island and seven miles of beach provide an ideal wildlife trail system for hikers. Birdwatching is particularly fruitful during the spring and fall migrations.

The island supports rookeries for egrets and herons, and several species of wading birds are abundant in the summer months. In summer, telltale tracks on Wassaw's beach attest to nocturnal visits by the threatened loggerhead sea turtles that come ashore for egg laying and then return to sea. From Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge webpage

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