By Danielle Owczarski Far from Burlington, hidden in the low basin of the Nulhegan River in the Northeast Kingdom, awaits a little known National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. The 26,000 acres of refugium established in 1999 encompasses three headwater tributaries to the Nulhegan River, itself a tributary to the 7.2 million acre Connecticut River watershed. [...]
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Natural Destinations: Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Posted in Natural Destinations, tagged American woodcock, Brunswick, Connecticut River Watershed, Mollie Beattie Bog, Northeast Kingdom, Nulhegan River, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Vermont, Wild Brook Trout on October 7, 2011 | Comments Off