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Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
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Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in far eastern Maine is one of the northernmost refuges on the Atlantic Flyway and provides vital feeding and nesting habitat for migratory birds as well as northern forest wildlife. Its two divisions, Baring and Edmunds, include forests, wetlands, lakes, streams, and rocky tidal shoreline along Cobscook Bay. Bald eagles, osprey, warblers, moose, black bear, lynx, beaver, river otter, bobcat, and spruce grouse all use these varied habitats. The refuge combines active habitat management, including timber harvesting and controlled burning to encourage early-growth species, with federal wilderness areas preserved with minimal intervention, making it both an important conservation landscape and a place for quiet recreation.
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