Blackbeard Island Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (Ga.) Barrier islands--Georgia Trees--Georgia--Blackbeard Island Grasses--Georgia--Blackbeard Island Dirt roads--Georgia--Blackbeard Island Wildlife refuges--Georgia Photograph of a dirt road running among grasses and trees on Blackbeard Island, Georgia. One of the barrier islands that protect the Georgia coast, Blackbeard covers more than 5,600 acres. The island is a National Wildlife Refuge and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. New Georgia Encyclopedia U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Color photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-4160 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2123 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia Blackbeard Island (Ga.) McIntosh County (Ga.) Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.