The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating 40 years of protecting the rare pocosin wetlands and wildlife on the Albemarle Peninsula.
The celebration is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the refuge, 13518 Milltail Road in East Lake, and not at the visitor center on Roanoke Island. There will be refuge tours, educational activities, family fun, food, equipment on display and a chance to meet refuge staff.
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The 160,000-acre protected area that was established in 1984 “to protect wetlands and wildlife, including migratory birds and endangered species,” according to the refuge.
The land is home to one of the highest densities of American black bear ever recorded, where the endangered red wolf, which was formerly extinct in the wild, was reintroduced, and home to more than 250 species of birds.
