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United States National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia
The
James River National Wildlife Refuge
is a
National Wildlife Refuge
located along the
James River
in eastern
Prince George County, Virginia
. Its management is overseen by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
.
One of four refuges that comprise the
Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex
, James River National Wildlife Refuge was founded in 1991 to protect
nesting
and
roosting
habitat of the
bald eagle
from development. The refuge's 4,200 acres (17 km
2
) of forest and
wetlands
are bordered by
Powell Creek
to the west, and by
Flowerdew A Hundred Plantation
to the east.
The land that is now the refuge was the site of Powellbrooke Plantation, whose owner Captain Nathaniel Powell (one of the original 1607 colonists), his wife, and ten others were killed during the
Indian Massacre of 1622
, and later
Merchant's Hope
Plantation during colonial times.
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from websites or documents of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
.
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