Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
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Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of
Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the
Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge contains more than 50 offshore islands and four coastal parcels, totaling more than 8,100 acres. The complex spans more than 250 miles of Maine coastline and includes five national wildlife refuges — ...
, along with Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, and Seal Island. Pond Island NWR is an island in the mouth of the Kennebec River adjacent to
Popham Beach Popham Beach is a sandy beach in Maine that extends southwest about three miles from Fort Popham, at the mouth of the Kennebec River, toward the mouth of the Morse River (Maine), Morse River. It is near the site of the short-lived Popham Colony, ...
. Pond Island NWR has a surface area of .USFWS Lands Report, 30 September 2007
/ref> It is one of the smallest refuges in the United States National Wildlife Refuge system. It is part of the Town of Phippsburg.


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Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuges in Maine Islands of Sagadahoc County, Maine Protected areas of Sagadahoc County, Maine {{Maine-protected-area-stub