Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
- Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
Infobox_protected_area | name = Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
iucn_category = V
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locator_x = 235
locator_y = 175
location = Monroe County, Florida, USA
nearest_city = Marathon, Florida
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area = 6,207 acres (25 km²) land, 123,980 acres (502 km²) water
established = October 27, 1938
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governing_body = National Park Service
The Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in a region known as the 'Backcountry', which reaches from north of Marathon to north of Key West. It is along the north side of the Keys in that area that border the Gulf of Mexico. The 130,187 acre (527 km²) refuge (6,207 acres (25 km²) of it land, 123,980 (502 km²) water) was established on October 27, 1938, as a haven for great white herons, migratory birds, and other wildlife Approximately 1,900 acres (8 km²) are designated as a National Wilderness Area. The refuge is administered as part of the National Key Deer Refuge.
Flora
The islands are covered mostly with mangroves, though some of the larger islands contain pine rockland and tropical hardwood hammock habitats.
Fauna
Hawksbill sea turtles have been known to feed in the refuge. Also, Loggerhead and Green sea turtles nest here.
External links
* [http://www.fws.gov/southeast/GreatWhiteHeron National Wildlife Refuge] at [http://www.fws.gov U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
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