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	PATC -- Assateague Island National Seashore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Assateague Island National Seashore is located on one of the wildest stretches of barrier island remaining on the Atlantic Coast of the United States.
		Assateague is a barrier island, formed by the buildup of sand by winds and ocean tides close to the continental coastline.
		One of Assateague's most spectacular sights, worth a visit by itself, is that of a flight of pelicans pausing over a school of fish then dropping to the attack, hitting the water headfirst, one by one.
	www.patc.net /hiking/destinations/assateag.html (2761 words)

	Assateague Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Assateague Island is a barrier island, comprising the southern portion of Maryland's Atlantic coast and part of Virginia's Eastern Shore.
		It is known for its herds of wild ponies, descendant of 17th century horses and for the Assateague Lighthouse.
		Except for a small Assateague State Park, the Maryland side of the island is within Assateague Island National Seashore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assateague_Island (240 words)

	Assateague State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Maryland's only ocean park is located on Assateague Island, a barrier island bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Sinepuxent Bay.
		Assateague was selected by National Geographic Travel magazine in 1994 as one of the 10 best state parks in the United States.
		Assateague State Park is fully accessible to the disabled.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /publiclands/eastern/assateague.html (708 words)

	Assateague Island National Seashore Wild Horses
		Assateague's wild horses are well known, even to many people who have never been to the island.
		The ‘wild’ horses on Assateague are actually feral animals, meaning that they are descendants of domestic animals that have reverted to a wild state.
		Despite the often told tale of the horses swimming to Assateague from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon, the most plausible explanation is that they are the descendants of horses that were brought to barrier islands like Assateague in the late 17th century by mainland owners to avoid fencing laws and taxation of livestock.
	www.nps.gov /asis/horses.htm (906 words)

	Assateague Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Assateague is still active and is closed to the public, but the grounds are open and easily reached from a parking area near the Chincoteague Visitor's Center.
		The Assateague Light's red and white markings are painted with such a glossy paint that the tower has an unusual sheen when the sun shines on it.
		Also, Assateague has the opposite problem with beach erosion than most lights: so much sand has filled in since its construction that the light now stands a mile from the sea.
	lighthousegetaway.com /lights/assateague.html (114 words)

	Assateague Island National Seashore a U.S., America, National Seashore, scenic, park, camping, vacation, travel, guide, ...
		Today Assateague is a welcome retreat for waterfowl and vacationers from the nearby cities of Baltimore, Washington DC, and Norfork, Virginia.
		Assateague and Fort McHenry are the two most visited attractions in Maryland with each receiving 650,000 visitors each year.
		Assateague National Seashore, 7206 National Seashore Lane, Berlin, MD 21811 (410) 641-1441.
	scenicus.com /MD/Ass.htm (795 words)

	Watch out for the wild ponies while camping at Assateague Island
		ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. -- Imagine lying in your sleeping bag, listening to the sound of waves, knowing the ocean is a few hundred yards from your "bedroom." Wild ponies walk by your campsite at breakfast while the sea gulls cry out for your leftovers.
		Assateague Island and its even better-known sister island, Chincoteague, Va., are famous for their wild pony herds.
		Assateague, which is home to more than 300 species of birds, is also a favorite of bird watchers.
	www.post-gazette.com /travel/20010624assa0624trp2.asp (1210 words)

	Assateague Island/Chincoteague
		Assateague Island is a barrier island built by sand that persistent waves have raised from the ocean's gently sloping floor.
		Assateague Island consists of three major public areas (see map): Assateague Island National Seashore, managed by the National Park Service; Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: and Assateague State Park (not shown on map), managed by Maryland's Department of Natural Resources.
		Assateague Island National Seashore is administered to provide for recreational use and enjoyment consistent with the maintenance and perpetuation of the seashore's natural communities.
	www.virtualbirder.com /vbirder/onLoc/onLocDirs/CHIN/bg/Glossy.html (1816 words)

	Birdwatching Assateague at Chincoteague N.W.R.
		Assateague Island is a vital link in the life cycle of migrating waterfowl in the Atlantic Flyway.
		Visitors to Assateague are fortunate to experience an island that teems with a large variety of waterfowl and other bird life.
		Although an abundance of birds are found at Assateague, bird enthusiasts usually find the best opportunities along the Virginia portion of the island, due to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
	www.assateagueisland.com /birdwatching/birdwatching.htm (361 words)

	Chincoteague Maps and Other Information - Assateague History Notes - Chronology
		Indian tools which have been unearthed on Assateague indicate that farming and food gathering provided vegetables and that wildlife was abundant.
		Bridge connecting Chincoteague with Assateague was built by Wyle Maddox after the Federal Government granted permission for a bridge to be built to the Wildlife Refuge and for a road to cross it to the Beach in 1956.
		Assateague National Seashore is proving popular with surfmen who come to fish for channel bass drum, and other surf species.
	www.chincoteaguechamber.com /history/map-rewj.html (1290 words)

	Assateague National Seashore Park Foster Horse Program
		Assateague wild horses, Assateague ponies, Chincoteague ponies – whatever one chooses to call the herds that populate the barrier islands of Maryland and Virginia they have over three centuries endeared themselves to millions of day visitors and campers.
		The Maryland herd is managed by the Assateague Island National Seashore, and considerable resources are required to preserve the habitat of beaches and coastal bays upon which the herd depends.
		In partnership with Assateague Coastal Trust, the area’s oldest non-profit environmental education organization, the Assateague Island National Seashore Foster Horse Program gives horse lovers and beach lovers a meaningful way to contribute to the herd’s upkeep and habitat projects which sustain their environment.
	www.assateaguewildhorses.org (346 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Assateague Island National Seashore, Personal Watercraft Use
		Assateague Island is a 37-mile long coastal barrier island located along the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia (Delmarva) peninsula, extending from Ocean City Inlet, Maryland to Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia.
		The aquatic habitats of Assateague Island and the adjacent coastal bays are central to the significance of the National Seashore.
		Assateague Island National Seashore provides important habitat for a number of federally listed threatened and endangered species, including but not limited to the peregrine falcon, loggerhead, green, and leatherback sea turtles, bald eagle, Delmarva fox squirrel, piping plover, and sea beach amaranth.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/May/Day-06/i11046.htm (6682 words)

	We are The Assateague Peoples of DelMarVa Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
		The Assateagues were hunter-gatherers, dwelling from the cypress swamps of lower Worcester County to the evergreen forests of what is now Ocean Pines, and living at peace with surrounding subtribes.
		His incessant raids on the Pocomoke and Assateague Indians decimated their populations and forced the peaceful natives to be constantly on the move.
		Because the Assateagues were part of the Algonquin Nation, they easily assimilated with their brothers and sisters as they worked their way up the continent, eventually ending in Ontario, Canada.
	www.assateaguepeople.org /assateague/history.html (2409 words)

	Discover wild ponies of Assateague
		Assateague Island State Park in Maryland charges $2 per person, excluding children in car seats and senior citizens, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
		The Assateague Island State Park in Maryland is open 9 a.m.-sunset year-round, but resources are limited and there is no camping between Oct. 31 and April 1.
		The moment we crossed the bridge onto Assateague, there they were, probably half a dozen of them, grazing within 50 feet of the drive into the park.
	www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/041303_assateague.html (1288 words)

	Assateague Island National Seashore - Maryland - Virginia - Page Two - OutdoorPlaces.Com
		The fifth hiking trail in Assateague Island National Seashore is located in Virginia.
		Assateague Island National Seashore is world famous for wild horses.
		Although Assateague is an island paradise it does harbor one dark secret.
	www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/mdassisl/assateague.html (810 words)

	Assateague Island National Seashore on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Assateague is site of event but the horses are intriguing all year.
		Assateague is site of event but the horses are intriguing all year.(The Orange County Register)
		ASSATEAGUE PARK IN TUG-OF-WAR THE BOTTOM LINE IS MANAGING THE COST OF REBUILDING AFTER WINTER STORMS AND MAINTAINING THE AREA'S ECONOMY.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-A1ssateag.asp (353 words)

	Town of Ocean City, Maryland: AssateagueIsland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The name Assateague comes from a Native American word thought to mean “the marshy place across.” If you are an outdoor enthusiast, the island is ideal for camping, hiking, biking, fishing, clamming, crabbing, canoeing and kayaking.
		Longer hikes are available north to the Ocean City Inlet from Assateague State Park's beach parking lot, or south along the off-road vehicle zone.
		Near the Assateague visitor center is a new bridge just for cyclists and walkers to cross the bay onto the island, where a 3-1/2 mile bike route continues.
	www.ococean.com /assatg.html (820 words)

	Sea Kayak Assateague Island
		Assateague Island is an Atlantic barrier island off the Maryland coast just south of Ocean City.
		Assateague has a bike lane that begins here at the center and a separate bridge over the bay to the island.
		Assateague is home to two herds of wild ponies, the southern and northern herd.
	www.seakayak.ws /kayak/kayak.nsf/NavigationList/NT000A064E (1714 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Assateague Island National Seashore at Epinions.com
		Assateague Island is a 37-mile long barrier island on the east coast, straddling the Maryland-Virginia state line.
		Of course the big draw for Assateague is the herd of wild ponies who live on the island.
		Assateague Island is a wonderful park, and a great alternative to the heavy commercialization and crowds of Ocean City.
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-679F-8837478-386C2979-prod1 (918 words)

	Assateague history - Feral Horses of the Atlantic Coast
		The Maryland end of Assateague is so different in character form the Virginia section, they could just as easily have been two different islands.
		In the late 1950's and early 60's, Assateague was the target for beach resort development.
		Assateague was on its way to becoming another bustling resort city - - until the Ash Wednesday storm of 1962.
	home.att.net /~thepone/feral/ashx.htm (476 words)

	Assateague & Chincoteague
		Assateague Island is all about wildlife, and the famous ponies are just the headliners.
		The island is crawling, cawing and cavorting (so to speak) with dozens of kinds of birds and waterfowl, including some relatively rare species; deer; bats; foxes; otters; and such offshore favorites as whales, dolphins and seals.
		The Assateague beaches and wildlife refuge may still be the ideal getaway for nature lovers, but the village of Chincoteague, on the small island, is beginning to lose a little of its innocent charm, or at least its legendary quiet.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051900597.html (722 words)

	Crockett's Photography - Assateague Island National Seashore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Assateague Island became part of the National Park System in 1965.
		The famous wild Assateague ponies roam throughout and share beach to bay habitats with a host of other mammals and nearly 300 species of birds.
		Assateague Island National Seashore is a place for dreaming and walking down the beach.
	www.angelfire.com /md/lcrockett/ASSATEAG.html (449 words)

	Chincoteague and Assateague Islands : Regions in Brief \| Frommers.com
		Assateague Island--A barrier island protecting Chincoteague Island from the Atlantic, Assateague Island has over 37 miles of pristine beaches on its east coast, the northern 25 miles of which are in Maryland.
		Bird-watchers know Assateague Island as a prime Atlantic Flyway habitat where sightings of peregrine falcons, snow geese, great blue heron, and snowy egrets have been made.
		Separated by a fence from their cousins in Maryland, the Virginia horses are owned by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department, which rounds them up and sells the foals at auction on the last Wednesday in July.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/chincoteagueandassateagueislands/3081010043.html (358 words)

	USGS OF01-382: USGS, NPS, and NASA Investigate Horse-Grazing Impacts on Assateague Island Dunes
		Using NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) elevation surveys, color-infrared photography, and field data, scientists are investigating the changes in topography and vegetation cover in experimental plots to determine the impacts of horse grazing on geomorphology at ASIS.
		The horses (Equus caballus Linnaeus) of Assateague Island are a non-native species that have inhabited the barrier island for several centuries.
		Early colonial settlers introduced horses onto Assateague Island in 1669 to avoid the king's taxation on fencing and livestock by allowing the horses to graze freely (Bearrs, 1968).
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/2001/of01-382/of01-382.html (1312 words)

	Maryland Geological Survey: Assateague Island, Worcester County, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Assateague Island is a barrier island on Maryland's Atlantic coast.
		The eastward-curving hook of sand in the center of the photo is the northern tip of Assateague, which ends at the Ocean City Inlet.
		For information on Assateague and other coastal parks follow this link to Maryland Seashore National and State Parks.
	www.mgs.md.gov /esic/features/assat.html (273 words)

	WaterWays: Assateague Paddle Trip
		Trip Overview: Assateague is a magnificent barrier island, stretching over two states, 21 miles in Maryland and 14 miles in Virginia.
		The beach is protected by Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
		At Assateague Island National Seashore, Chincoteague Bay on the inside of the barrier beach is accessible to paddlers by four "canoe/kayaking" camping sites situated under the pines at the edge of the bay: Tingles Island, Pine Tree, Green Tree (replacing Jim's Gut), and Pope Bay.
	www.paddletrips.net /assateague.htm (3691 words)

	CGC Assateague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Named after Assateague Island, a barrier island spanning the coasts of Maryland and Virginia and home to wild horses and countless other wildlife in the Assateague National Wildlife Refuge and Seashore.
		ASSATEAGUE is the 37th of 49 patrol boats built by Bolinger Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana.
		Assateague successfully intercepted, boarded and cited two fishing vessels for illegally long-line fishing within the Main Hawaiian Island Long-line Closure Area and Northwest Hawaiian Islands Protected Species Zone, and also stopped five vessels from illegally fishing in Hawaiian state bottom fish closure areas and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve.
	www.uscg.mil /d14/units/assateague/assateague.htm (374 words)

	Wes Boyd's Kayak Place: Boats and Gear - Impex Assateague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Assateague made its introduction this year and was Impex's answer to customer complaints and demands for an XL version of the Currituck.
		The Assateague comes in a glass (57lbs), Kevlar (50lbs), or Carbon-Kevlar (48lbs) lay-up depending upon your standards or the depth of your wallet.
		The Assateague is 17 feet, 10 inches long and 22.5 inches wide, mid-ship is a roomy 13.75 inches.
	www.kayakplace.com /gearboat/assat.htm (1509 words)

	Chincoteague Pony swim history and schedule
		Two herds of wild horses make their home on Assateague Island, separated by a fence at the Maryland-Virginia line, and they are often seen wandering the beaches, roadways, trails and campgrounds on the island.
		Assateague also had a Sheep Penning, which is believed to be a custom even older than the others.
		For many of them, the trek to the shores of Assateague Channel on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July has become an annual event, an opportunity to participate in a tradition older than the country itself.
	www.chincoteague.com /pony/ponies.html (1662 words)

	Assateague State Park Special Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Assateague State Park and Assateague Island National Seashore serve as hosts for the annual March of Dimes WalkAmerica.
		Join Assateague State Park, Assateague Island National Seashore, and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for a canoe cleanup of the saltmarsh and shorelines of Sinepuxent Bay.
		Assateague State Park and Assateague Mobile Sport Fisherman’s Association (AMSA) will be co-sponsoring a fishing derby for kids 16 and under.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /publiclands/assateagueevents.html (460 words)

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