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Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve sign

Excellent Hiking at Nags Head Woods Preserve

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Nags Head Woods Preserve is the largest remaining maritime forest on the east coast, according to The Nature Conservancy, the agency that protects and manages the land. Nags Head Woods Preserve covers 1,400-plus acres just west of Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I rode my Surly bicycle through there on its gravel access roads one day and returned the next to walk the trails.

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Southern end of the old Paisano Trail

Hiking Near the old Paisano Trail at Laguna Atascosa NWR

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At Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, a half mile from the Visitor’s Center, a gate blocks access to a trail that is closed to the public. The trail passes through dense thornscrub and traverses beige bluffs above a broad silty tidal flat, Stover Cove, and ends at the old Paisano Trail. I hiked the trail Monday, February 5, 2024, to scout for a proposed group hike.

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Northern Harrier near Bahia Grande

a Six mile amble at the exclusive Bahia Grande unit of Laguna Atascosa NWR

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The Bahia Grande Unit of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (LANWR) near Port Isabel, Texas, covers about 25,000 acres, approximately 40 percent of which consists of wetlands. The area is closed to the public except for hunts and during special events. Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (FLANWR) sponsor a bike ride, Bike the Bahia, each month. Another event, Walk the Bahia, is scheduled to begin in March 2024. Yesterday, January 28, I scouted the proposed route.

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Red-Shouldered Hawk perched near Arroyo Trail at Hugh Ramsey Nature Park

A Walk in the Splendid Hugh Ramsey Nature Park

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I walked the nearly two miles of trails at the 54-acre Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, a World Birding Center site, in Harlingen, Texas on a clear, cool Sunday morning in January 2024. The nature park is maintained by volunteers from Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society and the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists. The City of Harlingen removes trash, keeps trails clear, and provides effluent to the four ponds in the park.

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At Cattail Lakes Trail and Willow Lakes Trail

A Pleasant Walking Tour of Santa Ana NWR’s Well-Maintained Trails

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The well-maintained Santa Ana NWR walking trails cover about 12 miles throughout the Refuge. All trails are short, none over 1 ½ miles. There is also the paved, one-way, Wildlife Drive, a loop that twists almost 7 miles through the Refuge. The last mile runs along the top of a levee and is not paved. I walked 7.5 miles on this day.

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