JOHN H. CHAFEE NWR

JOHN H. CHAFEE NWR

Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge consists of tidal salt marshes, tidal sand flats, grasslands and shrublands in the towns of Narragansett and South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The refuge provides important migration and wintering habitat for a variety of waterfowl and other birds including wading birds, passerines, terns, gulls, shorebirds such as plovers and sandpipers, and various rails. It has been identified as the most important black duck migration and wintering habitat in Rhode Island. The Refuge is also home to several State listed rare and uncommon plant and animal species.