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Long-time dream of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Refuges Visitor Center National Wildlife Refuges Visitor Center is free and open to the public seven days a week, year ’round. Hours of Operation: Monday–Saturday 9 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sunday noon–4 p.m. Located at the northern end of Roanoke Island, 4.5 miles north of downtown Manteo, turn left at the sign.
town! In this small theater you will also have an opportunity to watch two other nature and area-related films. In the main lobby, try to find 37 critters hiding in the pocosin diorama. Peek into a red wolf den. Have a picture taken of you as a genuine wild lands firefighter! A short interpreted nature trail wanders through the woods behind the center.
The Visitor The building is Center was LEED (Leadership a long-time in Energy & dream for Environmental the U.S. Fish Design) certified and Wildlife and energyEntering the new National Wildlife Refuges Service and the efficient, with Visitor Center on Roanoke Island. many refuge features including Photo credit: USFWS and wildlife solar panels, lowsupporters on the Outer Banks and in volume toilets, and a highly energyeastern North Carolina. It represents efficient heating and cooling system. 11 national wildlife refuges and one The center is staffed by volunteers. Our national fish hatchery, offering an non-profit friends group, the Coastal invitation to visit them all. Wildlife Refuge Society, operates Wild Through interactive exhibits, audioThings, a gift shop that offers innovative visual programs, and even a virtual wildlife-related gift items such as nature airplane ride, visitors may experience identification guide books, children’s a field trip to each refuge with hopes to toys and books, jewelry, apparel and entice them to visit these special places. other items to make your visit both See how the Outer Banks will change enjoyable and memorable. All proceeds as the sea level rises. Sit for a spell in benefit refuge programs. the old Dare Forest Supply Store and Reprinted from www.fws.gov/ experience life through a short multincgatewayvc/ courtesy of the USFWS. sensory film, when Buffalo City was a bustling logging and moonshining