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Take a Virtual Tour of Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge

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About the Complex

Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter, Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Mattamuskeet, Cedar Island, and Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuges are managed as the Mattamuskeet Complex.

Mattamuskeet is managed as part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter, Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

About the NWRS

National Wildlife Refuge System

The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.

News, Updates, and Featured Wildlife

• What's in the News??

  Keep up with recent news releases from all the refuges in eastern North Carolina!

• New MOU for Co-Management of Certain Programs

  Fish and Wildlife Service, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Strengthen Collaboration to Improve the Lake’s Health & Boost Outdoor Recreation at Mattamuskeet NWR

  Updates on Lake Mattamuskeet

• Northern Pintail

  

  Northern pintails spend the winter at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge. They migrate south from northern Canada where they nest in the summer. On the refuge, they feed on grain, seeds of native and non-native plants, aquatic insects, crustaceans, and snails.

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• Tundra Swan

  

  Tundra swans are very large birds that winter at the Mattamuskeet National Refuge and the surrounding areas. They breed in the high tundra across the top of North America.

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