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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

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Address: 2145 Key Wallace Dr
Cambridge, MD 21613
Phone: 410-228-2677;
Web: blackwater.fws.gov
Established: 1933.
Location: On the eastern shore of Maryland, 12 miles south of Cambridge.
Facilities: Visitor center, trails, auto tour route.
Activities: Boating, canoeing, fishing, crabbing, hiking, biking, wildlife watching, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: Before its designation as a refuge, the marshland along Blackwater River was used for trapping muskrats. Remains of old drainage ditches and furrows in some areas indicate past agricultural use.
Habitats: 27,000 acres of tidal marsh, open water, woodlands, agricultural areas, and freshwater impoundments.
Access: Open from dawn to dusk.
Wild life: Canada geese, snow geese, mallard, pintail, American wigeon, and teal. The bald eagle and Delmarva fox squirrel are seen regularly, as is the peregrine falcon during the migratory season. Also nutria, white tail deer, bats, muskrats, skunks, skinks, turtles.

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And for the true nature and animal lovers there is the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge where visitors come every year to get a glimpse of nature untouched by human hands.

Maryland Bed and Breakfasts by John Slater / Travel, recreation and leisure community

Although contained to the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, hunting opportunities exist on public hunting areas such as Taylor's Island and Fishing Bay State Wildlife Management Areas (410/376-3236), Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (410/228-2677), and Assateague Island National Seashore 1410/641-3030), The author is a regular Contributor and "Hunting Whitetails" columnist from Randallstown, Maryland.

Two firsts: a newfound fascination takes this whitetail fanatic into ... by Winand, C.J. / Bowhunter

Maryland's Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge faces similar peril, made worse by normative rodents that are eating away the bulrush marshes.

Salt marsh SOS: from Maine to Mississippi, tidal wetlands are ... by Hendrick, Dan / E

Blackmur, Richard Palmer