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Public hunting and fishing is allowed in parts of some areas, such 

 as Quantico and A. P. Hill reservations. The Department of Defense has 

 created directives for the use of land and the services have shown an 

 increasing sensitivity to ecological concerns (as evidenced by the Air 

 Force effort to set ecologically sound management practices at their 

 bases) . 



National Wildlife Refuges and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 

 Wildlife Land . Seven National Wildlife Refuges (N.W.R.) are in some- 

 what remote and naturally well-protected locations in the Bay. An 

 eighth area was designated by both the Society of American Foresters 

 and the Federal Committee on Research Natural Areas as a valuable 

 natural area: the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. These refuges 

 constitute some of the better protected natural areas in the Bay. 



Name 



Susquehanna N.W.R. 



Eastern Neck N.W.R. 



Blackwater N.W.R. 



Martin N.W.R. 



Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 



Mason Neck N.W.R. 

 Presquile N.W.R. 

 Fisherman's Island N.W.R. 



Location 



Hectares 



Harford Co. , Md. 



1.5 land 





4,050 water 



Kent Co. , Md. 



923 



Dorchester Co. , Md. 



4,531 



Somerset Co. , Md. 



1,786 



Anne Arundel & Prince 





George' s Co. , Md. 



287 



Fairfax Co. , Va. 



580 



Chesterfield 



536 



Northampton Co. , Va. 



404 



13,100 



Other Federally -Owned and Administered Open Space . This class of 

 land includes National Parks, a National Forest, and various other 

 Federal areas. The parks range from the 3,810-hectare Colonial National 



