Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington counties, North Carolina, United States
Nearest city	Creswell, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′03″N 76°30′37″W / 35.75097°N 76.510162°W / 35.75097; -76.510162Coordinates: 35°45′03″N 76°30′37″W / 35.75097°N 76.510162°W / 35.75097; -76.510162
Area	110,106 acres (445.58 km2)
Established	1963
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, North Carolina. Its headquarters is located in Columbia.

Pocosin Lakes NWR was established in 1990. Originally, the 12,000-acre (49 km²) southwestern portion of the refuge was established in 1963 as the Pungo National Wildlife Refuge, but was merged in 1990 with Pocosin Lakes. The National Wildlife Refuge is 110,106 acres (446 km²), and approximately 90,000 acres (364 km²) were donated.

This refuge is home to indigenous animals such as the black bear, alligator, two species of fox, bobcat, raccoon, coyote, opossum, beaver, river otter, mink, and red wolf.

On June 1, 2008, lightning struck the refuge and started a wildfire that had, as of 17 September 2008, spread to about 40,704 acres (164.72 km²), and was completely contained.^{[1] [2]} The fire was declared out on January 9, 2009.^[3]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

External links

• Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Home Page
• The short film Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (2005) is available for free download at the Internet Archive