Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
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location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	3.8 km²
WDPA ID	5555722
Geographical location	41 ° 53 ′  N , 70 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 56 "  N , 69 ° 59 ′ 44"  W
administration	Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a 937  acres (3.8  square kilometers ) comprehensive protected area in Wellfleet in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is administered by the Massachusetts Audubon Society .

Protected area

The protected area on the coast includes salt marshes , sandy beach ridges and forest areas and thus offers a habitat for a large variety of plants and animals such as fiddler crabs and green herons . There are 5  mi (8  km ) of hiking trails available to visitors, 0.5 mi (0.8 km) of which are barrier-free . In addition, programs for research and protection of threatened animal species are carried out in the protected area.

See also

• Massachusetts Audubon Society's list of protected areas

Web links

• Audubon Bird Sanctuary in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
• Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. ( PDF ) Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed on January 16, 2016 (English, area map). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Wellfleet Bay. Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed January 16, 2016 .