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References
- ↑ "Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge". Trustees of Reservations. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ↑ "Coskata-Coatue Wildlife History". Trustees of Reservations. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ↑ "Adapting Nantucket Island's Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge to Climate Change: Episode 2". AMERICA ADAPTS. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ↑ "Nantucket Island's Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge: A Brief Ecological and Cultural History and How it's Adapting to Climate Change – Episode 1". AMERICA ADAPTS. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
