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Description:
The Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1964, on the Walter F. George Reservoir. Locally called Lake Eufaula, it was formed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impounding the Chattahoochee River. The Refuge, located 40 miles south of Columbus, Georgia, consists of 11,184 acres with more than 4,200 in open water. The boundary includes portions of Alabama (7,953 acres in Barbour and Russell counties) and Georgia (3,231 acres in Stewart and Quitman counties). Presently, the Refuge manages an additional 21 Farmers Home tracts in SE Alabama and SW Georgia. This adds 1,675 acres to the refuge's management program.Habitat types include riparian areas, seasonally manipulated wetland impoundments, upland old fields, agricultural fields, hedge rows, pine and hardwood uplands, and hardwood bottom lands. Management provides habitat for migratory waterfowl, brood habitat for wood ducks, and promotes a diversity of flora and fauna including endangered and threatened species, resident species and neotropical migrant birds. At times there are an abundance of sand islands, spits and sandbars in the lake. Directions:
Directions from Bangor Maine to Petit Manan NWR's office are: From Interstate 95 take Route 395 east to Route 1A. Follow Route 1A 23 miles to Ellsworth. In Ellsworth, take Route 1 East to Milbridge approximately 28 miles. In downtown Milbridge watch for an Exxon station on your right. Take the next right on Water street. The refuge office is a quarter mile ahead on the left.Directions from Bangor Maine to Petit Manan NWR mainland trails: From Interstate 95 take Route 395 east to Route 1A. Follow Route 1A 23 miles to Ellsworth. In Ellsworth, take Route 1 East to Steuben approximately 26 miles. In Steuben watch for signs for Pigeon Hill Road. Turn right on Pigeon Hill Road and follow 7 miles to refuge entrance. Trail parking areas will be designated ahead.
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