Cedar Island Marshes 



Name of Area: Cedar Island Marshes 



County: Carteret 



Location Description: The Cedar Island Marshes are located 

 in the northeastern section of Carteret County. They 

 are bounded by Long Ray and West Bay (arms of Pamlico 

 Sound) to the northwest and north, Cedar Island to 

 the northeast, Core Sound and Thorofare Bay to the 

 southeast, and the Carteret County mainland to the 

 southwest. See Map 1. 



Topographic Quadrangle Map: Atlantic & Long Bay 



Ownership: Most of the area of the Cedar Island Marshes 

 (which are about 7000 acres in extent) is owned by 

 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (Total acreage 

 owned by the Fish and Wildlife Service is 9190.6 

 acres, but some of this acreage is high land at 

 Cedar Island.) A significant area of the south- 

 western section of the marshes is owned by the 

 U.S. Marine Corps and the Bayland Corporation, 

 but the acreage is hard to estimate because of the 

 poor resolution of the tax maps. We estimate that 

 the Marine Corps owns approximately 500 acres 

 (northwest of N.C. 12) and that the Bayland Corp- 

 oration owns approximately 500 acres (southeast 

 of N.C. 12). The address of the Bayland Corporation 

 is Fayetteville , N.C. 



Report Prepared by: John Fussell, III and Jeannie Wilson 



Date: August 1979 



Other Persons Knowledgeable about Site: 



Mr. Otto Florschutz 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Washington, N.C. 



Mr. Dave Rackley 

 Ecological Services Division 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Raleigh, N.C. 



Mr. Ray Whitmore 

 Assistant Refuge Manager 

 Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge 

 Swanquarter, N.C. 



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