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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">14,480 acres (58.6 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fws.gov/refuge/cedar_island/">Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge</b>, located in <a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina" title="Carteret County, North Carolina">Carteret County, North Carolina</a>, is on the end of a <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a> marking the southern end of <a href="/wiki/Pamlico_Sound" title="Pamlico Sound">Pamlico Sound</a>. The refuge lies five miles (8 km) east of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> and about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort, North Carolina">Beaufort, North Carolina</a>. Established in 1964, the refuge consists of approximately 11,000 acres (45 km<sup>2</sup>) of irregularly flooded, <a href="/wiki/Brackish_marsh" title="Brackish marsh">brackish marsh</a> and 3,480 acres (14.1 km<sup>2</sup>) of <a href="/wiki/Pocosin" title="Pocosin">pocosin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woodland" title="Woodland">woodland</a> habitat. The dominant marsh plants include <a href="/wiki/Juncus_roemerianus" title="Juncus roemerianus">black needlerush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spartina_alterniflora" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartina alterniflora">saltmarsh cordgrass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spartina_patens" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartina patens">saltmeadow hay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saltgrass" class="mw-redirect" title="Saltgrass">saltgrass</a>. The woodland areas are dominated by <a href="/wiki/Loblolly_pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Loblolly pine">loblolly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longleaf_pine" title="Longleaf pine">longleaf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pond_pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pond pine">pond pine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Live_oak" title="Live oak">Live oak</a> is also abundant on some upland sites. The marsh and surrounding waters provide wintering habitat for thousands of <a href="/wiki/Duck" title="Duck">ducks</a> and nesting habitat for colonial waterbirds. </p><p>Mammalian species that inhabit this refuge are <a href="/wiki/Gray_squirrel" title="Gray squirrel">gray squirrel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marsh_rabbit" title="Marsh rabbit">marsh rabbit</a>, <a href="/wiki/White-tailed_deer" title="White-tailed deer">white-tailed deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_fox" title="Red fox">red fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raccoon" title="Raccoon">raccoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobcat" title="Bobcat">bobcat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gray_fox" title="Gray fox">gray fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nutria" title="Nutria">nutria</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_beaver" title="North American beaver">beaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muskrat" title="Muskrat">muskrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_river_otter" title="North American river otter">river otter</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_mink" title="American mink">mink</a> and <a 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href="/wiki/Horsepasture_River" title="Horsepasture River">Horsepasture River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumber_River" title="Lumber River">Lumber River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_River_(Kanawha_River_tributary)" title="New River (Kanawha River tributary)">New River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Creek_(North_Carolina)" title="Wilson Creek (North Carolina)">Wilson Creek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina#Politics_and_government" title="North Carolina">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks" title="List of North Carolina state parks">State Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Beach_State_Park" title="Carolina Beach State Park">Carolina Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carvers_Creek_State_Park" title="Carvers Creek State Park">Carvers Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimney_Rock_State_Park" title="Chimney Rock State Park">Chimney Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffs_of_the_Neuse_State_Park" title="Cliffs of the Neuse State Park">Cliffs of the Neuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowders_Mountain_State_Park" title="Crowders Mountain State Park">Crowders Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismal_Swamp_State_Park" title="Dismal Swamp State Park">Dismal Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_Knob_State_Park" title="Elk Knob State Park">Elk Knob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eno_River_State_Park" title="Eno River State Park">Eno River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Macon_State_Park" title="Fort Macon State Park">Fort Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Creek_State_Park" title="Goose Creek State Park">Goose Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorges_State_Park" title="Gorges State Park">Gorges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandfather_Mountain" title="Grandfather Mountain">Grandfather Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammocks_Beach_State_Park" title="Hammocks Beach State Park">Hammocks Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanging_Rock_State_Park" title="Hanging Rock State Park">Hanging Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haw_River_State_Park" title="Haw River State Park">Haw River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jockey%27s_Ridge_State_Park" title="Jockey's Ridge State Park">Jockey's Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Lake_State_Park" title="Jones Lake State Park">Jones Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_James_State_Park" title="Lake James State Park">Lake James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Norman_State_Park" title="Lake Norman State Park">Lake Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Waccamaw_State_Park" title="Lake Waccamaw State Park">Lake Waccamaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumber_River_State_Park" title="Lumber River State Park">Lumber River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayo_River_State_Park_(North_Carolina)" title="Mayo River State Park (North Carolina)">Mayo River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medoc_Mountain_State_Park" title="Medoc Mountain State Park">Medoc Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merchants_Millpond_State_Park" title="Merchants Millpond State Park">Merchants Millpond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrow_Mountain_State_Park" title="Morrow Mountain State Park">Morrow Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Mitchell_State_Park" title="Mount Mitchell State Park">Mount Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_River_State_Park" title="New River State Park">New River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettigrew_State_Park" title="Pettigrew State Park">Pettigrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilot_Mountain_State_Park" title="Pilot Mountain State Park">Pilot Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisgah_View_State_Park" title="Pisgah View State Park">Pisgah View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Rock_State_Park" title="Raven Rock State Park">Raven Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_Mountain_State_Park" title="Rendezvous Mountain State Park">Rendezvous Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singletary_Lake_State_Park" title="Singletary Lake State Park">Singletary Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Mountains_State_Park" title="South Mountains State Park">South Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Mountain_State_Park" title="Stone Mountain State Park">Stone Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Umstead_State_Park" title="William B. Umstead State Park">William B. Umstead</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks#State_Recreation_Areas" title="List of North Carolina state parks">State Recreation Areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Falls Lake State Recreation Area">Falls Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Fisher_State_Recreation_Area" title="Fort Fisher State Recreation Area">Fort Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Jordan Lake State Recreation Area">Jordan Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerr_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Kerr Lake State Recreation Area">Kerr Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks#State_Natural_Areas" title="List of North Carolina state parks">State Natural Areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hemlock_Bluffs_Nature_Preserve" title="Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve">Hemlock Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lea-Hutaff_Island" title="Lea-Hutaff Island">Lea Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonboro_Island" title="Masonboro Island">Masonboro Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Jefferson_State_Natural_Area" title="Mount Jefferson State Natural Area">Mount Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occoneechee_Mountain_State_Natural_Area" title="Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area">Occoneechee Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_State_Natural_Area" title="Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area">Theodore Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_Woods-Sandhills_Nature_Preserve" title="Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve">Weymouth Woods</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks#State_Lakes" title="List of North Carolina state parks">State Lakes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_Tree_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay Tree Lake (page does not exist)">Bay Tree Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Lake_State_Park" title="Jones Lake State Park">Jones Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Phelps" title="Lake Phelps">Lake Phelps</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salters_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salters Lake (page does not exist)">Salters Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singletary_Lake" title="Singletary Lake">Singletary Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Waccamaw" title="Lake Waccamaw">Lake Waccamaw</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Lake_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Lake (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">White Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks#State_Trails" title="List of North Carolina state parks">State Trails</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_River" title="Dan River">Dan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_River_State_Trail" title="Deep River State Trail">Deep River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Greenway" title="East Coast Greenway">East Coast Greenway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equine_State_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Equine State Trail (page does not exist)">Equine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fonta_Flora_State_Trail" title="Fonta Flora State Trail">Fonta Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haw_River_Trail" title="Haw River Trail">Haw River Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Nut_Gorge_State_Trail" title="Hickory Nut Gorge State Trail">Hickory Nut Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountains-to-Sea_Trail" title="Mountains-to-Sea Trail">Mountains-to-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Peaks_State_Trail" title="Northern Peaks State Trail">Northern Peaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmountain_Victory_National_Historic_Trail" title="Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail">Overmountain Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_River" title="Roanoke River">Roanoke River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saluda_Grade" title="Saluda Grade">Saluda Grade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilderness_Gateway_State_Trail" title="Wilderness Gateway State Trail">Wilderness Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yadkin_River" title="Yadkin River">Yadkin River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks#State_Rivers" title="List of North Carolina state parks">State Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horsepasture_River" title="Horsepasture River">Horsepasture River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linville_River" title="Linville River">Linville River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumber_River" title="Lumber River">Lumber River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_River_(Kanawha_River_tributary)" title="New River (Kanawha River tributary)">New River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_forests" title="List of North Carolina state forests">State Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_Lakes_State_Forest" title="Bladen Lakes State Forest">Bladen Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuPont_State_Forest" title="DuPont State Forest">DuPont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headwaters_State_Forest" title="Headwaters State Forest">Headwaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_Mountain_State_Park" title="Rendezvous Mountain State Park">Rendezvous Mountain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_forests" title="List of North Carolina state forests">Educational State Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons_Educational_State_Forest" title="Clemmons Educational State Forest">Clemmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmes_Educational_State_Forest" title="Holmes Educational State Forest">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lake_Educational_State_Forest" title="Jordan Lake Educational State Forest">Jordan Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Island_Educational_State_Forest" title="Mountain Island Educational State Forest">Mountain Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnbull_Creek_Educational_State_Forest" title="Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest">Turnbull Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuttle_Educational_State_Forest" title="Tuttle Educational State Forest">Tuttle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">State Historic Sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamance_Battleground" title="Alamance Battleground">Alamance Battleground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aycock_Birthplace" title="Aycock Birthplace">Charles B. Aycock Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_Historic_District_(Bath,_North_Carolina)" title="Bath Historic District (Bath, North Carolina)">Historic Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Place" title="Bennett Place">Bennett Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentonville_Battlefield" title="Bentonville Battlefield">Bentonville Battleground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Town,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick Town, North Carolina">Brunswick Town</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fort_Anderson_(North_Carolina)" title="Fort Anderson (North Carolina)">Fort Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSS_Neuse" title="CSS Neuse">C.S.S. Neuse and Governor Caswell Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Memorial_Institute" title="Palmer Memorial Institute">Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Homestead_and_Tobacco_Factory" title="Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory">Duke Homestead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edenton_Historic_District" title="Edenton Historic District">Historic Edenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dobbs_(North_Carolina)" title="Fort Dobbs (North Carolina)">Fort Dobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Fisher" title="Fort Fisher">Fort Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Historic_District" title="Halifax Historic District">Historic Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horne_Creek_Living_Historical_Farm" title="Horne Creek Living Historical Farm">Horne Creek Living Historical Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_in_the_Horseshoe" title="House in the Horseshoe">House in the Horseshoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Transportation_Museum" title="North Carolina Transportation Museum">North Carolina Transportation Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_James_K._Polk_Historic_Site" title="President James K. 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Vance Birthplace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Division_of_Coastal_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Division of Coastal Management">State Coastal Reserves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bald_Head_Woods_North_Carolina_Coastal_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bald Head Woods North Carolina Coastal Reserve (page does not exist)">Bald Head Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird_Island,_North_Carolina" title="Bird Island, North Carolina">Bird Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buxton_Woods_North_Carolina_Coastal_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buxton Woods North Carolina Coastal Reserve (page does not exist)">Buxton Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emily_and_Richardson_Preyer_Buckridge_North_Carolina_Coastal_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge North Carolina Coastal Reserve (page does not exist)">Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kitty_Hawk_Woods_North_Carolina_Coastal_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kitty Hawk Woods North Carolina Coastal Reserve (page does not exist)">Kitty Hawk Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Permuda_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Permuda Island (page does not exist)">Permuda Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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