NC COASTAL RESERVE
RACHEL CARSON R eserve s
Located near Beaufort where the North and Newport Rivers
meet, the Rachel Carson Reserve plays host to over 200 species of
birds that swoop down the Atlantic Migratory Flyway.
The reserve is a complex of islands totaling about 2,315 acres.
Carrot, Town Marsh, Bird Shoal, Horse and Middle Marsh islands
are three miles long and less than a mile wide and provide habitat for
gray fox, river otter, marsh rabbit, raccoon and a herd of feral horses.
The horses were brought to the island in the 1940s and are popular as
a symbol of freedom. They live off saltmarsh cordgrass and dig for
fresh water.
Access is by boat or ferry and free public tours are conducted
Tuesday and Thursday mornings during the summer.
30 june 2022
WBM
E. KENWORTHY/NC COASTAL RESERVE
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