Record #:

6063

Author(s):

Dean, Jim

Abstract:

Merchants Millpond State Park in Gates County is a 3,200-acre wildlife refuge that is home to over 165 aquatic and wetland plants. Nine of them are endangered or threatened. Over 160 species of birds have been recorded at the millpond. Twenty-two of them are threatened or endangered. A detailed study of small mammals has never been conducted. Twenty-six species have been found, however.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 46 Issue 9, Sept 1982, p8-14, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Merchants Millpond State Park (Gatesville); Parks--Gates County