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Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge has 8,443 acres spread over Anson and Richmond Counties in the southern Piedmont of North Carolina and is part of the Savannah-Santee- Pee Dee Ecosystem. The Pee Dee River flows through the refuge for nearly five miles. Headquarters is located on US Highway 52, seven miles north of Wadesboro, NC.
The refuge lands are comprised of 3,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests, 1,200 acres of upland pine forests and 4,300 acres of croplands, old fields, moist soil units and mixed pine hardwoods.
The refuge was established in 1963 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl and migratory songbirds. The diversity of habitats and management programs supports a broad range of wildlife species, including over 168 birds. 49 amphibians and reptiles, 28 mammals and 20 fish species.
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