Wildlife Refuges and Management Areas in Virginia

the Valley and Ridge physiographic province west of Staunton is especially rich in state Wildlife Management Areas
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online (with VDGIF Wildlife Management Areas layer)

a Category 3 hurricane would flood most of Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge under three feet of water
Source: First Street Foundation, FloodIQ

an annual Bluebell Festival gets the general public to visit Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area in Prince William County

trails at Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area allow visitors to explore the brief flowering of the bluebells

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - Conservation & Research Center
• history of the site
• Spatial Analysis Lab
• Virginia Statistical Abstract - Refuge acreage
• The Assateague Naturalist
• The Nature Conservancy
• Saving the Last Great Places in Virginia
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Banking on Nature 2002: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation
• Chincoteague (extract from full report)
• National Wildlife Refuges (and other US Fish and Wildlife Service Offices in Virginia

bird and raccoon footprints at Hog Island Wildlife Management Area

security gate to control access to Hog Island Wildlife Management Area, through Surry nuclear power plant

Hog Island Wildlife Management Area (WMA) (click on images for larger versions)

Hog Island Wildlife Management Area (WMA) (click on images for larger versions)