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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Route 64/264, P.O. Box 1969, Manteo, NC 27954 Phone: 252-473-1131About
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest refuges in the state, which is well-known in environmental circles for its vast population of diverse.The refuge includes more than 150,000 acres of wetland habitats and a wide variety of wildlife.Alligator River Refuge was established to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type,the pocosin and its associated wildlife species.The diversity of habitat types include high and low pocosin, bogs, fresh and brackish water marshes, hardwood swamps and Atlantic white cedar swamps. Considered among the last remaining strongholds for black bear in eastern North Carolina and on the mid-Atlantic Coast, the Refuge also provides valuable habitat for concentrations of ducks, geese,swans,wading birds, shorebirds, American woodcock, raptors, American alligators, white-tailed deer, raccoons, rabbits, quail, river otters, red-cockaded woodpeckers and migrating songbirds.It serves as the core area for re-establishing the red wolf back into the wild. The Refuge attracts visitors worldwide for its red wolf howling programs
