Presquile National Wildlife Refuge

Presquile National Wildlife Refuge is a 1,329-acre island in the James River in Virginia, south of Richmond, and part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge emerged in 1953 when tobacco businessman A. D. Williams left the property for use as a wildlife refuge. Formerly a farm and plantation, the island became important for protecting wintering waterfowl and other migratory birds within the Chesapeake Bay refuge network. Its hardwood swamp, marsh edges, and upland fields have long supported Canada geese, nesting and roosting bald eagles, and other birds moving through eastern Virginia.

Enon, Virginia · United States