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NCwetlands.org is an outreach project of the Division of Water Resources, with funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency. Passport created in 2018. We are excited that you are joining us on a North Carolina wetland journey! We hope this passport will help you find wetlands you’ve never seen before or help you reconnect with wetlands you may have forgotten. This passport will unlock the door to your future wetland adventures in North Carolina - in wetlands right next door or wetlands on the opposite side of the state. Let your North Carolina wetland adventure begin!

What is in the passport: Be safe: This passport lists and maps Have fun on your wetland over 220 publicly accessible adventures, but also be safe. When wetlands across North Carolina. possible, contact the location to Sites are listed alphabetically by confirm hours of operation. While ecoregion (Mountain, Piedmont, these wetlands are publicly and Coastal Plain) with address accessible, there may be guidelines information provided. Wetland and restrictions at some of the sites. sites are numbered in the order Be sure to follow all guidelines and listed and shown on a centerfold signage at a wetland site. map (pages 6-7). Many of these wetlands are located To find a wetland site: on state game lands which are open Use the centerfold map to find a to hunting and gates may be closed site number in an area you want to during parts of the year. It is always visit; then, find that number in the a good idea to familiarize yourself numerical list to learn the wetland with dates of hunting seasons and site name and location. wear blaze orange on game lands. OR Also remember, these are natural Use the alphabetical list of wetland areas with wildlife and sometimes site names to search for a known rough terrain. Dress accordingly, wetland site; then, use the number take sunscreen and insect repellant, to find the location on the map. and always be aware of your (Note: if you do not know which surroundings! Mostly…HAVE FUN! ecoregion the site is in, you may need to search all three ecoregion site lists to find the name.)

Know before you go — interactive map:

Familiarize yourself with the site and how to get there. Some sites require 4-wheel drive vehicles and some have very rough walking conditions. For some sites, you can view wetlands from your vehicle or bike. Visit our interactive map (at www.ncwetlands.org) to learn more about each site on the passport map, including activities available, how to find the wetlands, types of wetlands on site, links to photos, etc. The website also contains lots of information about North Carolina’s beautiful wetlands.

1 Mountain Wetland Sites

Art & Nature Trail at Kellogg 15 Kanuga Bog Conference Center 130 Kanuga Chapel Dr, 362 South Rugby Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739 Hendersonville, NC 16 Morse Park 2 Bass Trail 2932 Memorial Hwy, 1 Bass Lake Drive, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Blowing Rock NC 28605 17 Needmore Game Lands 3 Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary Needmore Rd., Bryson City, NC 28713 1056 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804 18 Oklawaha Greenway Trail— 4 Blue Ridge Conservancy Patton Park Access Preserve in Foscoe Near N. Main St., Aldridge Road, Banner Elk, NC 28604 Hendersonville, NC 28792

5 Bluff Mountain Preserve 19 Old Airport Trail—Little Bluff Mountain Preserve, Tennessee River Greenway Creston, NC 28684 111 Highlands Rd, Franklin NC 28734

6 Brookshire Park 20 Panthertown Valley Bog 574 Brookshire Road, Boone, NC 28607 (Nantahala National Forest) East end of Breedlove Rd., 7 Clawson Burnley Park Glenville, NC 28736 335 Hunting Hills Road, Boone, NC 28607 21 Pink Beds of the Pisgah () 8 Cold Prong Pond Overlook Trail 1600 Pisgah Highway, NC 28768 , Cold Prong, NC 28605 22 Roby Shomaker Wetlands Park 420 Pharmacy St, 9 Delany Bog Newland, NC 28657 503 NC-107, Cashiers, NC 28717 23 Suli Marsh—Little Tennessee 10 Dupont State Recreational Forest River Greenway Staton Road, Cedar Mountain, NC 28718 1294 Riverview St, Franklin, NC 28734

11 Great Smoky Mountains 24 Tallulah Wetlands National Park 241 Ledbetter Rd, 1194 Newfound Gap Road, Robbinsville, NC 28771 Cherokee, NC 28719 25 The Park at Flat Rock 12 Jackson Park 55 Highland Golf Dr, 801 Glover Street, Flat Rock, NC 28731 Hendersonville, NC 28792 26 The Village Green Cashiers 13 Julian Price Memorial Park, Hwy 107 and Hwy 64, Boone Fork trail Cashiers, NC 28717 Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 299.9, Blowing Rock, NC 28605 27 Trout Lake: Moses Cone Memorial Park 14 Julian Price Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Pkwy, Price Lake Blowing Rock, NC 28605 Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 298, Blowing Rock, NC 28605

2 28 Valle Crucis Community Park 30 Wesley’s Park 2892 Broadstone Rd., Banner Elk, NC 573 NE Main St, Franklin, NC 28734

29 Walton Trail, Nantahala 31 White Oak Bottoms at Standing National Forest Indian Campground 8100 Conlys Creek Rd., Off Forest Development Rd 67, Franklin, Bryson City, NC 28713 NC 28734

Piedmont Wetland Sites

32 Abbotts Creek Trail Greenway 44 Clemmons Educational South end of Dunn Rd, State Forest Raleigh, NC 27614 2256 Old US Hwy 70 W, Clayton, NC 27520 33 Apex Nature Park 2600 Evans Road, Apex, NC 27502 45 Conover City Park 361 5th Ave SE, Conover, NC 28613 34 Beaver Marsh Preserve Cascadilla St, Durham, NC 27704 46 Courtland Park 1101 Courtland Ave., 35 Bicentennial Greenway Reidsville, NC 27320 at Gibson Park 5207 W Wendover Ave, 47 Crooked Run Wildlife Jamestown, NC 27282 Management Area NC 39 Hwy N, Henderson, NC 36 Blum Park Constructed Wetlands NE 25th St, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 48 Duke Stream + Wetland Assessment Management 37 Bog Garden at Benjamin Park Park () 1101 Hobbs Road, 3001 Cameron Blvd, Durham, NC 27705 Greensboro, NC 27405 49 Eagle Spur Trail 38 Boone’s Cave County Park Stagecoach Rd, Durham NC 27713 3553 Boones Cave Rd, Lexington, NC 27295 50 Embro Game Land Embro-Odell Rd. (NC-1509), 39 Brinkleyville Game Land Macon, NC 27551 29220 NC-561, Enfield, NC 27823 51 Flat Branch Nature Preserve 40 Brumley Nature Preserve 11600 Tom Short Rd, 3650 Old State Hwy 10, Charlotte, NC 28277 Durham, NC 27705 52 Fred Fletcher Park 41 Buffaloe Rd Athletic Park 820 Clay St, Raleigh, NC 27605 5812 Buffaloe Rd, Raleigh, NC 27616 53 Glenn C. Hilton, 42 Cary Greenway—Higgins Jr. Memorial Park 129 Danforth Dr, Cary, NC 27511 2000 6th St NW, Hickory, NC 28601

43 Catawba College Ecological 54 Preserve 339 Conference Center Drive, 2300 W Innes Street, Browns Summit, NC 27214 Salisbury, NC 28144

3 Piedmont Wetlands Sites

55 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 70 Legend Park 2616 Kildaire Farm Rd, 550 City Road, Clayton, NC, 27520 Cary, NC 27511 71 Creek Greenway 56 Historic Yates Mill County Park 235 E Mallard Creek Church Rd, 4620 Lake Wheeler Road, Charlotte, NC 28262 Raleigh, NC 27603 72 Mason Farms Biological Reserve 57 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve University of North Carolina at Chapel 2928 Horse Shoe Farm Rd, Raleigh, NC Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

58 Jordan Gameland—Beaver Creek 73 McAlpine Creek Greenway 1309 New Hill Olive Chapel Rd, 11817 Johnston Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226 Apex, NC 27502 74 McAlpine Creek Park 59 Jordan Gameland— 8711 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 Lower Little Creek Farrington Rd, Chapel Hill NC 27517 75 McDowell Nature Preserve 15222 York Rd, Charlotte, NC 28278 60 Jordan Gameland— New Hope Creek 76 Milburnie Park Trail 1918 W NC 54, Durham NC 27707 5428 Allen Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610

61 Jordan Gameland— 77 Morrow Mountain State Park Northeast Creek 49104 Morrow Mountain Rd., Albemarle, NC 28001 515 O’Kelly Chapel Rd, Cary, NC 27713

62 Jordan Gameland 4 Stagecoach 78 Nat Greene Trailhead 4463 Old Battleground Rd, 3877 Stagecoach Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410 Durham NC 27713

63 Jordan Gameland Upper 79 New Hope Bottomlands Trail Little Creek 3751 SW Durham Dr, Durham, NC 27707 6083 George King Rd, Durham, NC 27707 80 Pee Dee 64 Kirk Farm Park Boardwalk 5770 U.S. Highway 52 North, Wadesboro, NC 28170 235 E Mallard Creek Church Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262 81 Prairie Ridge Ecostation 65 Lake Crabtree Pk 1671 Gold Star Dr, Raleigh, NC 27607 1400 Aviation Pkwy, 82 Purple Martin Greenway Trail Morrisville, NC 27560 Skyline Dr, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

66 Lake Johnson Park 83 Raleigh Greenway 4601 Avent Ferry Rd, at Bluffs View Dr Raleigh, NC 27606 Bluffs View Drive, Raleigh NC 27610

67 Lake Katharine Wetland 84 Raleigh Greenway Crabtree at Reynolda Gardens Creek Trail 100 Reynolda Village, 2380 Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604 Winston-Salem, NC 27106 85 Raleigh Greenway Rock 68 Lake Lynn Quarry Rd 7921 Ray Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613 1400 Rock Quarry Rd., 69 Lake Raleigh Raleigh, NC 27610 Raleigh, NC 27606

4 Piedmont Wetland Sites

86 RibbonWalk Nature Preserve 95 Swift Creek Bluffs 4601 Nevin Rd, Charlotte, NC 28269 Nature Preserve 7800 Holly Springs Rd, 87 Richardson-Taylor Preserve Raleigh, NC 27606 350 Plainfield Rd, Greensboro, NC 27455 96 Tanglewood Park 4061 Clemmons Rd, 88 Riverbend Park Clemmons, NC 27012 6700 North NC 16 Highway, Conover, NC 28613 97 Turnipseed Nature Preserve 7100 Hunt Valley Trail, 89 Robertson Millpond Preserve Wendell, NC 27591 6333 Robertson Pond Road, Wendell, NC 27591 98 US Forest Service Rd 576, 90 Sandy Creek Game Land Troy, NC 27371 11566 Sumler Rd, Castalia, NC 27816 99 WakeMed Soccer Park 91 Sandy Creek Park 201 Soccer Park Dr, Cary, NC 27511 3510 Sandy Creek Dr, Durham, NC 27707 100 Walnut Creek Wetland Park 950 Peterson St., Raleigh, NC 27610 92 Sanford Creek Greenway Fawn Lily Dr or Marshal Farm St, 101 West Branch Nature Preserve Wake Forest, NC 27587 18444 Shearer Rd, Davidson, NC 28036 93 Shelley Lake 1400 W Millbrook Rd, Raleigh, NC 27612 102 White Oak Creek Greenway Green Level Church Road, 94 Stephens Road Nature Preserve Apex, NC 27523 5901 Stephens Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078

Find Your Own Wetland Sites

5 Public Wetland Locations For an interactive map visit www.ncwetlands.org

Ecoregions

MOUNTAIN 181 172 133 135 132 PIEDMONT 5 176 186 46 47 50 127 179 7 192 COASTAL PLAIN 28 54 85 39 6 214 137 27 87 TRIANGLE AREA 217 4 2 67 36 78 162 22 14 37 90 8 13 40 124 216 202 35 DURHAM 168 188 178 96 209 107 222 205 200 GREENSBORO 194 169 40 201 103 114 88 38 190 53 RALEIGH 95 117 189 3 45 43 191 197 193 11 ASHEVILLE 109 CHARLOTTE 113 148 16 101 146 212 174 17 29 21 1 18 94 98 24 12 82 64 155 145 23 15 25 86 77 104 118 20 10 71 196 70 147 30 19 26 204 218 136 31 123 157 159 9 75 74 219 120 165 207 73 80 40 166 51 119 163 175 203 140 125 170 131 211 185 152 112 105 180 195 74 210 126 130 154 129 160 108 156 213 144 215 153 151 138 206 208 TRIANGLE AREA 220 111 177 121 171 WILMINGTON AREA

WILMINGTON

DURHAM 40 34 48 91 79 92 WILMINGTON AREA 60 540 32 72 63 62 68 57 59 49 RALEIGH 93 65 41 164 187 61 WILMINGTON 134 89 81 84 76 199 167 52 161 158 102 42 99 139 150 66 69 85 116 173 83 97 198 55 100 149 58 33 56 122 95 115 70 44 128 142 70 141 221 143 40 184 182 183 223 110 106

6 181 172 133 135 132 5 176 186 46 47 50 127 179 7 192 28 54 85 39 6 214 137 27 87 TRIANGLE AREA 217 4 2 67 36 78 162 22 14 37 90 8 13 40 124 216 202 35 DURHAM 168 188 178 96 209 107 222 205 200 GREENSBORO 194 169 40 201 103 114 88 38 190 53 RALEIGH 95 117 189 3 45 43 191 197 193 11 ASHEVILLE 109 CHARLOTTE 113 148 16 101 146 212 174 17 29 21 1 18 94 98 24 12 82 64 155 145 23 15 25 86 77 104 118 20 10 71 196 70 147 30 19 26 204 218 136 31 123 157 159 9 75 74 219 120 165 207 73 80 40 166 51 119 163 175 203 140 125 170 131 211 185 152 112 105 180 195 74 210 126 130 154 129 160 108 156 213 144 215 153 151 138 206 208 TRIANGLE AREA 220 111 177 121 171 WILMINGTON AREA

WILMINGTON

DURHAM 40 34 48 91 79 92 WILMINGTON AREA 60 540 32 72 63 62 68 57 59 49 RALEIGH 93 65 41 164 187 61 WILMINGTON 134 89 81 84 76 199 167 52 161 158 102 42 99 139 150 66 69 85 116 173 83 97 198 55 100 149 58 33 56 122 95 115 70 44 128 142 70 141 221 143 40 184 182 183 223 110 106

7 Coastal Plain Wetland Sites

103  River National 120  Trail at Wildlife Refuge J Bayard Clark Park US 64/264, Manns Harbor, NC 27953 631 Sherman Dr, Fayetteville NC 28301

104 Anderson Creek Park 121 Cape Fear River Wetlands 1492 Nursery Rd, Lillington, NC 27546 Game Land Shaw Swamp Tract—Shaw Highway, 105 Angola Bay Game Land Rocky Point, NC 28457 Wallace, NC 28466 122 Carolina Beach State Park 106 Bald Head Woods Reserve 1010 State Park Road, Federal Rd, Bald Head , NC 28461 Carolina Beach NC 28428

107 Battle Park 123 1308 Falls Rd, Rocky Mount NC 2505 Long Valley Road, Spring Lake, NC 28390 108 Bay Tree Lake State Park Hwy 41, Harrells, NC 28444 124 Cashie Wetland Walk and River Boardwalk 109 Beech St Greenway/ 101 York St., Windsor, NC 27983 South Tar River 201 Beech Street, Greenville NC 27858 125 Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge 110 Bird Island Coastal Reserve Boat ramps at 1180 NC-12, 8468 Bay St, Sunset Beach, NC 28468 Atlantic, NC 28511 or 1099 Lola Rd. 111 Black River Preserve Cedar Island, NC 28520 Public boat access ramp: 126 Cedar Point Tideland National 352 Hunts Bluff Rd, Kelly, NC 28448 Recreation Trail 112 Bladen State Forest Forest Rte 153A, Swansboro, NC 28584 4470 NC-242 Elizabethtown, NC 28337 127 Chowan Swamp Game Land 113 Bob Wallace Jaycee Kiddie Park 115 New Ferry Rd, Gatesville, NC 27938 S 2nd St Smithfield, NC 27577 128 Columbus County Game Land 114 Bodie Island Lighthouse approx 4109 Dock Rd, 8180 Bodie Island Lighthouse Rd, Whiteville, NC 28472 Nags Head, NC 27959 129 Willow Pond 115 Boiling Spring Lakes Preserve 1785 Island Rd, 1 Leeds Rd, Southport, NC 28461 Harkers Island, NC 28531

116 Brunswick Nature Park 130 — 2601 River Road (NC 133), Patsy Pond Trail Winnabow, NC 28479 WRC trailhead: 3610 NC Highway 24, Bogue NC 28570 117 Buckridge Coastal Reserve Grapevine Landing (SR 1314), 131 Croatan National Forest: Columbia, NC 27925 Great Lake Forest Road 1101, Bogue, NC 28570 118 Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve 50400 Water Association Road, 132 Currituck Banks Buxton, NC 27920 Estuarine Reserve Corolla, NC 27927 119 Calloway Forest Preserve 4407 Aberdeen Rd, Raeford, NC 28376 133 Currituck National Wildlife Refuge F4FV+QF Carova Beach, Fruitville, NC 8 Coastal Plain Wetland Sites

134 Cypress Cove Park 149 Green Swamp Preserve 844 Appleton Way NE, Green Swamp Rd NW, Leland, NC 28451 Supply, NC 28462

135 150 Halyburton Park 2294 US Highway 17 N, 4099 S 17th St., Wilmington, NC 28412 South Mills, NC 2797 151 Hammocks Beach State Park 136 Dover Bay Game Land 1572 Hammocks Beach Road, 1420 Loftin Farm Rd, Dover, NC Swansboro, NC 28584

137 Duck Town Park Boardwalk 152 Haywood Landing— Duck Town Park Boardwalk, Croatan National Forest Duck, NC 27949 Maysville, NC 28555

138 Emerald Isle Woods Park 153 Holly Shelter Game Land— 9404 Coast Guard Rd., Shelter Creek Boat Launch Emerald Isle, NC 28594 12380 Shaw Highway Hampstead, NC 28443 139 Ev-Henwood Nature Preserve 6150 Rock Creek Road, 154 Hoop Pole Creek Nature Trail Leland, NC 28451 Rt 58, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512

140 Flanners Beach Campground 155 Howell Woods Environmental Flanners Beach Rd, Learning Center New Bern, NC 28560 6601 Devils Racetrack Rd, 141 “The Rocks” Four Oaks, NC 27524 Kure Beach, NC 28449 156 Hubert By-Pass Park 142 Fort Fisher State Historic Site 220 Hubert Blvd, Hubert, NC 28539 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd S, 157 Jack Smith Creek Wetland Kure Beach, NC 28449 South of Simmons St/ 143 Fort Fisher State Recreation Area Oaks Rd intersection, New Bern, NC 1000 Loggerhead Rd, 158 James E.L. Wade Park Kure Beach, NC 28449 3500 Bethel Rd, 144 Wilmington, NC 28409 2303 E Fort Macon Rd, 159 Joe Himbry Waterfront Park Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 202 Vandemere Rd, 145 Goldsboro Greenway at Bayboro, NC 28515 Gloucester Road 160 Corner of Gloucester Rd and Glen Oak 4117 Hwy 242 N, Dr, Goldsboro, NC 27530 Elizabethtown, NC 28337

146 Goldsboro Greenway 161 Juniper Creek Game Land at W. New Hope Rd 6053 Green Swamp Rd, Ash, NC 28420 W. New Hope Road, Goldsboro, NC 27534 162 Kitty Hawk Woods Ecological Reserve 147 Goose Creek Game Land 983 West Kitty Hawk Road, Southeastern Parcel Kitty Hawk, NC 27949 Campbell Creek Wildlife Boat Ramp, 34783 NC-33, Aurora, NC 27806 163 Lake Rim Park and Trail 7490 Old Raeford Rd, 148 Fayetteville, NC 28304 2190 Camp Leach Road, Washington, NC 27889

9 Coastal Plain Wetland Sites

164 State Park 178 Nags Head Woods 1866 State Park Drive, Ecological Preserve Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450 701 Ocean Acres Dr, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 165 Latham-Whitehurst Nature Park 1095 Broad Creek Road, 179 North River Game Land New Bern, NC 28560 Swains Ln, Barco, NC 27917

166 Lawson Creek Park 180 Northeast Creek Park 1309 Country Club Rd, 910 Corbin St., Jacksonville, NC 28546 New Bern, NC 28560 181 Northwest River Marsh 167 Lee’s Nature Park Game Land 471 Causeway Drive, Just east of 871 Tulls Creek Rd., Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 Moyock, NC 27958

168 Lower Fishing Creek 182 Oak Island Scenic Walkway— Game Land SE 20th St 1410 NC-97, SE 20th St., Oak Island, NC 28465 Tarboro, NC 27866 183 Oak Island Scenic Walkway— 169 Lower Roanoke River SE 31st St Wetlands Game Land SE 31 Street, Oak Island, NC 28465 Hwy 125, north of Williamston, NC 27892 184 Oak Island Scenic Walkway— SE 9th St 170  State Park, SE 9th Place East, Chalk Banks Access Oak Island, NC 28465 26040 Wagram Rd, Wagram, NC 28396 185 Oakhurst Landing and 171 , Nature Trail Princess Ann Access 244 Riverbend Rd, 2819 Princess Ann Road, Jacksonville, NC 28540 Orrum, NC 28369 186  Center for Wildlife 172 Mackay Island NWR Education Boardwalk 316 Marsh Causeway, 1160 Village Lane, Corolla, NC 27927 Knotts Island, NC 27950 187 Pages Creek Preserve 173 Reserve 1215 Middle Sound Loop Rd, 613 Trails End Rd, Wilmington, NC 28411 Wilmington, NC 28409 188 Palmetto-Peartree Preserve 174 Mattamuskeet NWR Loop Road, Columbia, NC 27925 85 Mattamuskeet Road, Swan Quarter, NC 27885 189 Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge 175 Mazarick Park Hwy 12, Rodanthe NC 27968 1400 Belvedere Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28305 190 176 Merchants Millpond State Park 2252 Lake Shore Road, Creswell, NC 27928 176 Millpond Road, Gatesville, NC 27938 191 Phil Carroll Nature Preserve 177 Moores Creek National Battlefield 2760 W 5th St, Greenville NC 27834 40 Patriots Hall Dr., Currie, NC 28435 192 Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary 300 Audubon Drive, Corolla, NC 27927

10 Coastal Plain Wetland Sites

193 Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife 210 Sturgeon City Environmental Refuge—Pungo Unit Education Center 205 Ludington Drive (Visitor Center), 4 Court Street, Jacksonville, NC 28540 Columbia, NC 27925 211 Suggs Mill Pond Game Lands 194 Powell Park 5274 Live Oak Methodist Church Rd, River View St., Princeville, NC 27886 White Oak, NC 28399

195 Rachel Carson Estuarine 212 Swanquarter National Wildlife Research Reserve Refuge Bell Island Pier 101 Pivers Island Rd, Bell Island Rd, Swanquarter, NC 27885 Beaufort, NC 28516 213 Theodore Roosevelt State 196 Rhodes Pond Game Land Recreation Area 11055 Dunn Rd, Dunn, NC 28334 1 Roosevelt Blvd, Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512 197 River Park North 1000 Mumford Rd, Greenville NC 27834 214 Tillery Game Land— Conoconnara Swamp 198 River Road Park 1744 Gravel Pit Rd., Tillery, NC 27839 6500 River Rd, Wilmington, NC 28412 215 Tory Hole Park 199 Riverwalk Park 275 N Poplar St, NC-133, Belville, NC 28451 Elizabethtown, NC 28337

200 Roanoke Island Marshes 216 Town of Edenton Stormwater Game Land Wetlands 417 NC 345, Manteo NC 27954 708 North Granville St, 201 Roanoke River National Edenton, NC 27932 Wildlife Refuge 217 Upper Roanoke River Wetlands 114 W Water Street, Windsor, NC 27893 Game Land—Boone Tract 202 Run Hill State Natural Area Northeast of Rt 258 crossing of Roanoke River 901 W. Corrigan St, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 218 Walthour-Moss Foundation 203 Sandhills Game Land Preserve Equestrian Road, Vass, NC 28394 Marston, NC 28363

204 Sandhills Horticultural Garden 219 Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve 555 Lindbergh Pl, Pinehurst, NC 28374 1024 North Road, 205 Scuppernong River Southern Pines, NC 28387 Interpretive Boardwalk 220 Whitehall Plantation Game Land 205 South Ludington Dr, 10085 NC-53, Kelly, NC 28448 Columbia, NC 27925

206 State Park 221 William S. “Bill” Smith Park 4446 Fish Factory Rd SE, 6707 NC-53, Kelly, NC 28448 Southport, NC 28461 207 Springer’s Point Preserve 222 Windsor Boat Ramp 104 Loop Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960 400 W Elm St, Windsor, NC 27983 208 Stones Creek Game Land 223 Zeke’s Island Reserve Beaver Pond Rd., Boat Ramp: 2514 S. Fort Fisher Blvd. Sneads Ferry, NC 28460 Kure Beach, NC 28449 209 Stoney Creek Environmental Park 455 W Washington St, Nashville, NC 27856 11 What are some exciting things you might see on your NC wetland adventure? The wide variety of wetlands in North Carolina (basin, bog, Carolina bay, estuarine woody, freshwater marsh, non-riverine swamp forest, pine, pocosin, riverine forest, salt/brackish marsh, and seep) provide excellent habitat for many different plants and animals. Stay alert as you walk quietly by or through a wetland; if you are lucky, you may get to see:

• Venus flytraps • Frogs (leopard, tree, • Wading and aquatic (carnivorous) chorus, etc.) birds (herons, egrets, • Pitcher plants • Salamanders ducks, etc.) (carnivorous) • Snakes (water, black, • • Sundews (carnivorous) moccasin, etc.) • Beaver • Bladderwort • Turtles (slider, • Bear (carnivorous) snapping, bog, etc.) • White-tailed deer • Cypress trees • Shellfish (clams, • River otters (up to 1,000 years old!) mussels, • Feral pigs • Variety of other plants oysters, etc.) • Butterflies • Fish • Dragonflies • Migratory and nesting birds

Things to do on your NC wetland adventure:

Planting native Citizen science Bird watching Hunting species

Photography Removing trash Removing invasive species

Fishing Canoeing and Hiking kayaking 12 www.ncwetlands.org