Mattamuskeet: A National Wildlife Refuge

• Main Author: Carson, Rachel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1947
• Subjects: Aquaculture and Fisheries; Canada; Greenland; Pacific; Indian; Lanes; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usfwspubs/5; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usfwspubs/article/1004/viewcontent/MM.pdf

Mattamuskeet, Pea Island, and Swanquarter-- two on the mainland and one on the outermost barrier beach--are three National Wildlife Refuges in North Carolina that provide winter food and shelter for more than 100,000 waterfowl. Ducks, geese, and swans that in summer scatter across the northern rim o...