Supawna Meadows National Park
Located north of the Salem River, this 2,800 acre site is a critical rest stop for migrating birds because of brackish tidal marsh and its grasslands are carefully maintained to attract and maintain a population of American Woodcocks.
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Come visit Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Cape May Court House, NJ. Supawna Meadows NWR is located along the Delaware River Estuary, just north of the Salem River in Salem County, NJ. The refuge currently owns approximately 3,000 acres within the 4,600-acre approved boundary.

The brackish tidal marshes that make up nearly 80 percent of the refuge provide waterfowl with an important feeding and resting area, particularly during the fall and spring migrations. Black ducks, mallards and northern pintails are common winter visitors. Sandpipers and other shorebirds use the refuge marshes as a feeding area during the summer, as well as during the spring and fall migrations. Delaware's nearby Pea Patch Island Rookery hosts over 6,000 pairs of nine species, making it the largest rookery of colonial wading birds on the east coast north of Florida. The refuge's marshes provide valuable foraging habitat for these colonial wading birds during the nesting season.

Warblers, sparrows and other migratory birds use the upland areas of the refuge as resting and feeding areas during migration and for nesting during the summer. Thousands of tree swallows forage on the refuge in the late summer. Ospreys, bald eagle, northern harrier, short-eared owl and barn owl nest on the refuge.

BRING THE FAMILY

Families are welcome to this high quality habitat for waterfowl, wading birds, songbirds, woodcock and shorebirds.

COME PREPARED

Only bow hunting is permitted on the refuge. State bow seasons apply and a refuge permit is required.

WHO KNEW

Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge was first proposed in 1961 as the "Goose Pond Addition" to the Killcohook Migratory Bird Refuge. Killcohook was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 as a secondary site for the disposal of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge spoil.

SUPPORT

The Friends of Supawna Meadows NWR are always looking for new members. If you are interested, please contact the refuge at (609) 463-0994.

LEAVE NO TRACE

Help preserve the natural beauty of the refuge by cleaning up after yourself and respecting your surroundings.

CONTACT INFO
197 Lighthouse Road
Pennsville, NJ 08070

(856) 935-1487
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/nj/spm.htm
Primary County: Salem
 
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