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Ann Price submitted this photo of sunrise at Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge. What was once a cotton plantation and later a military airstrip became a wildlife refuge in 1962. Through 2001, the federal government with the help of The Nature Conservancy, acquired additional lands bringing the refuge to its current size of 2,824 acres.
Ann Price submitted this photo of sunrise at Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge. What was once a cotton plantation and later a military airstrip became a wildlife refuge in 1962. Through 2001, the federal government with the help of The Nature Conservancy, acquired additional lands bringing the refuge to its current size of 2,824 acres.
By Arlinda Smith Broady
Updated Feb 15, 2017

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