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Audubon Society adds land
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, August 29, 2008
EXETER –– An additional 73.6 acres of land, that contain the headwaters of the Queen River, have been added to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge.
The land purchase brings the total refuge acreage to 1,011, making Fisherville the second-largest refuge in the Audubon’s statewide system, behind the nearby 1,053-acre Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary, according to the Audubon Society.
The Queen River, within the Pawcatuck watershed, is one of the highest water quality streams in the state.
The Audubon Society bought the land from Exeter resident Marion Joslin for an undisclosed amount of money. Additional funds came from The Nature Conservancy, The Champlin Foundations, and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
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