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Waquoit Bay Reserve, Massachusetts

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Location: The reserve is located on the south shore of Cape Cod, in the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee.

Total Acreage: 2,780

Designation: 1988

Lead State Agency:
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation

Mailing Address:
Waquoit Bay Reserve
P.O. Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536

Phone: 508-457-0495

Waquoit Bay Reserve encompasses open waters, barrier beaches, marshlands and uplands on the south shore of Cape Cod.

The WBNERR is representative of the northern section (Cape Cod to Sandy Hook) of the Virginian biogeographic region. WBNERR is located within the transitional border between the Virginian and Acadian biogeographic regions.

Waquoit Bay
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Waquoit Bay Reserve's
local Web site is
www.waquoitbayreserve.org


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