North Carolina

Original Wetlands Survey Circa 1780:     11,090,000 acres

1954:                                                      4,055,000

National Wetlands Inventory, mid-1980's     5,690,000

Change (percent)                                      -44

National Wildlife Refuges

Alligator River NWR

708 N. Hwy. 64

PO Box 1969

Manteo, NC 27954-1969

Cedar Island NWR

Route 1

Box N-2

Swanquarter, NC 27885

Currituck NWR

State Rt. 615

PO Box39

Knotts Island, NC 27950-0039

Great Dismal Swamp NWR

3100 Desert Road

PO Box 349

Suffolk, Va 23434-0349

Mackay Island NWR

State Rt. 615

PO Box 39

Knotts Island, NC 27950-0039

Mattamuskeet NWR

Route 1

Box N-2

Swanquarter, NC 27885

Pea Island NWR

PO Box 1969

Manto, NC 27954-1969

Dee NWR

Rt. 1

Box 92

Wadesboro, NC 28170

Pocosin Lakes NWR

Rt. 1

Box 195 B

Crestwell, NC 27928

Roanoke River NWR

101 Dundee St.

Box 430

Windsor, NC 27983-0430

Swanquarter NWR

Rt. 1

Box N-2

Swanquarter, NC 27885