Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area

Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area is a state wildlife area located in New Castle County, Delaware, along shore of the Delaware Bay. It is 5,515 acres (2,232 ha) in size and is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish & Wildlife.[1]

Oblique air photo of Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area, April 2010, facing west

Much of the area is a transgressive brackish marsh. It is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion.[2]

39°23′30″N 75°33′00″W

References

CEDAR SWAMP WILDLIFE AREA (DOCUMENT NUMBER: 40-05/98/07/03) Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
Olson, D. M; E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.

External links

Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area - EcoDelaware

Protected areas of Delaware

National Historical Parks	First State
National Trails System	Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
National Wildlife Refuges	Bombay Hook Prime Hook
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System	White Clay Creek
Other	Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve

State Wildlife Areas

Assawoman
Augustine
Blackiston
C&D Canal
Cedar Swamp
Eagles Nest
Industrial Forest Lands
Little Creek
Marshy Hope
McGinnis Pond
Midlands
Milford Neck
Nanticoke
Norman G. Wilder
Okie Preserve
Old Furnace
Prime Hook
Tappahanna
Ted Harvey
Woodland Beach

Trails

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

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