TWO MILE BEACH UNIT NEWS
The Visitors Center and Nature Store will reopen on Thanksgiving weekend
& the first weekend in December for our annual Holiday Sale & Open House from 9AM to 3PM
Dates:
Friday, November 28
Saturday , November 29
Sunday, November 30
Saturday, December 6
Sunday, December 7
All merchandise will be 10% off & CMNWR Members get an additional 10% off.

As always, our trails at all our locations are open daily from dawn to dusk 365 days a year!

The Fish and Wildlife Service is reaching out to see if you may be available to assist with planting trees the week of December 2nd?

The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge has over 2000 small tree seedlings whose planting was delayed due to the shutdown. Our hopes are to get as many in the ground as possible before the ground fully freezes. The Refuge does not have adequate facilities to keep the unplanted seedlings alive through the winter.

Currently, we are looking to schedule the plantings starting the week of December 2nd, which may also include the weekend of the 6th & 7th. The trees will help restore the area burned earlier this year near Forked River in Lacey Township. The closest address is for a local business at 719 Old Shore Road, Forked River, NJ 08731.  

Area conditions: Parking will be along the roadside or there is a narrow one lane sand road that can be accessed with pickup trucks, 4-wheel drive not required. We can carpool in or walk in up to a half mile on the compacted sand road. No public restrooms or running water, however there is a Wawa .7 miles away on Route 9. Volunteers will need to be able to walk on uneven, sandy, and wet marshy ground, have the ability to kneel, bend and dig small holes with hand tools. We will be outside and work for several hours sometime between 9am - 4pm depending on volunteer availability. 

If you are available to assist, please reach out to tracy_neal@fws.gov with your availability; dates, times, and contact information. I will coordinate workday schedules based on responses and get back to you Monday morning with the details.

The Great Cedar  Swamp Division is at the northern end of the refuge in Dennis and Upper Townships.  Habitats such as salt marsh, hardwood swamp, bog, grasslands and large tracts of forested uplands are used by wildlife such as blue-winged warblers, ovenbirds, and short-eared owls. The refuge connects with a state forest and the Pineland National Reserve. 

Please support the Refuge and Become a Member to help support our mission!

The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is located within the Cape May peninsula, the southernmost point in the state of New Jersey.  Because of its unique geography, the peninsula offers stunning views of sunrise to the east over the water of the Atlantic Ocean, and of sunset to the west over the water of the Delaware Bay.  The Refuge currently protects over 11,000 acres of peninsula habitat in its 3 refuge units: the Great Cedar Swamp Division, the Delaware Bay Division and the Two-Mile Beach Unit. These 3 units represent unique, diverse habitats: forested hardwood swamp, river estuary and ocean barrier island.   VIEW MAP