Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge

Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge was established on December 1, 1997 and consists of wetland habitats ranging from historic, broken and actively managed tidal rice fields, to black water and alluvial flood plain forested wetlands of the Waccamaw and Great Pee Dee Rivers. These tidal freshwater wetland ecosystems are some of the most diverse freshwater wetland systems found in North America. They not only provide important habitats corridors for wildlife, but they also play a critical role in the filtration and storm water retention for the primary drinking water resource of the greater Grand Strand region.