Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide big game and waterfowl hunting opportunities at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge (refuge) during the 2024-25 refuge hunting season. Hunting opportunities for...

Many anglers come to the shoreline of Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge to enjoy the tranquility and to catch striped bass and other saltwater species. Anglers may saltwater-fish from the refuge shoreline from September 16 to March 31 in accordance with Rhode Island state and refuge...

Several photographs taken by local photographers are displayed at the contact station, and the Friends group holds an annual photography contest in the fall.

There are many interpretive panels along the trails and at the viewing platforms, offering visitors an “ah-ha” moment as they learn about what they are seeing. These panels also offer younger visitors an opportunity to practice their reading skills in front of their adult hiking partners. There...

The volunteers of National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island conduct an award-winning environmental education program with participants from many elementary schools in Southern Rhode Island. The program seeks to educate schoolchildren, through classroom curricula combined with field-based tours...