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| Day-Use | Fishing | yes | | | Hunting | yes | | | Hiking Trail, miles | yes |
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Nearby Parks:
Richard J Reynolds State Wildlife Refuge
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
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| National Park Overview: |
 | Blackbeard Island was acquired by the Navy Department at public auction in 1800 as a source of live oak timber for ship building. In 1924 the island was placed under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Biological Survey to be maintained as a preserve and breeding ground for native wildlife and migratory birds. A presidential proclamation in 1940 changed its designation from Blackbeard Island Reservation to Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge. In 1975, three thousand acres of the refuge were set aside as National Wilderness. Blackbeard Island was named for Edward Teach, alias Balckbeard the Pirate. Rumors of Blackbeard's buried treasure still flourish, but no evidence of his fortune has ever been discovered.
The island is comprised of interconnecting linear dunes thickly covered by oak/palmetto vegetation. There are approximately 1,163 acres of open freshwater or freshwater marsh, 2,000 acres of regularly flooded salt marsh, 2,115 acres of maritime forest, and 340 acres of sandy beach.
The primary objectives of the refuge are to provide wintering habitat and protection for migratory birds; provide protection and habitat to promote resident and migratory wildlife diversity; and to provide protection and management for endangered and threatened species (loggerhead sea turtle, American bald eagle, wood stork, piping plover). Notable concentrations of waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, songbirds, raptors, deer, and alligators can be seen at various times of the year. |
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| Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge - ... | Please Support SherpaGuides ] Wildlife Viewing > Colonial Coast > Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Description: Blackbeard Island is a true ... | | Blackbeard Island NWR Home Page - ... Proclamation in 1940 changed its designation from Blackbeard Island Reservation to Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge. Today, the refuge's 5,618 acres include maritime forest, salt marsh ... | | Bird Checklists of the United States - ... GA Tybee National Wildlife Refuge -- SC Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge -- GA Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge -- GA Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge -- GA Return to Bird ... | | Georgia Tourism - ... North Georgia Internet Magazine) National Wildlife Refuges and Wilderness Areas Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery Georgia Wilderness Areas Gray ... | | Where do you want to go birding in Georgia today? - ... on: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge ... | | Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area - ... are available on Sapelo Island. For information on US Fish & Wildlife Service - Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Hiking the roads and trails through the jungle like maritime forests ... | | Sanctuary: U.S. Wildlife Refuges @ nationalgeographic.com - ... P.O. Box 447, Apalachicola, FL 32329-0447 r4rw_fl.svn@fws.gov Georgia Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge +1 912 652 4415 c/o Savannah Coastal Refuges 1000 Business Center Drive, Suite 10 ... | | Nearctica - Conservation - U.S. Wildlife Refuges: Delaware - Indiana - ... Islands National Wildlife Refuge Georgia Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge ... |
| Directions: |
| Blackbeard island is accessible only by boat. Transportation to the island is not provided by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Arrangements for trips to the refuge can be made at Shellman's Bluff. To reach Shellman's Bluff, travel south from Savannah on U.S. 17 for approximately 51 miles to Shellman Bluff Road which terminates at Shellman Bluff on the Julienton River. A public boat ramp on Harris Neck NWR (Barbour River Landing) may also be used as a launching site for trips to the island. |
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