Bass River State Forest’s Master Naturalist Kathy Gardiner will meet you at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville at 9 a.m. for a free 5- to 8-mile, moderate-paced hike on Wednesday, March 27. The 47,000-acre Forsythe Refuge has a songbird upland trail through mixed-woods forest, grassland for bluebirds and bobwhite, and fresh water pond and extensive saltwater marsh with saltwater impounds for migratory and native waterfowl.

They also maintain the wildlife drive where you can bird watch from your car.