Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership
September 2013, Masonville Cove was named the nation's first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership. This partnership was established by Conserving the Future, Recommendation 13, a presidential initiative. This initiative was created to increase awareness of our natural areas that are all around us in urban environments, but we often fail to really see. This established partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has helped create a wildlife management plan to ensure the success of the Cove’s ecology.