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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 140,000-acre (57,000 ha) U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) on the Atlantic coast of Florida's largest barrier island. NASA's Kennedy Space Center and visitor complex are also situated on the island and NASA can restrict access to the refuge based on its operational needs.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge: Brevard County: 1963: 140,000 acres (570 km 2) [91] Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge: Manatee County: 1905: 64 acres (0.26 km 2) [92] Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge: Indian River County: 1903-First National Wildlife Refuge in U.S. 5,376 acres (21.76 km 2) [93] Pine Island National Wildlife ...
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge: Florida 139,189.40 563.28 ... Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge: California / Oregon 50,912.68 206.04
Merritt Island Dragon; Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge; Kiwanis Island Park [40] Merritt Island Rotary Park Nature Trail and Center [41] Pine Island Conservation Area, 950 acres (380 ha) preserve. [42] Pine Island contains Sams House, built in 1875. It is Brevard's oldest standing structure. [43] Old St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Cemetery
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Muscatatuck was Indiana's first national wildlife refuge. Muscatatuck is a Native American word that means, "land of winding waters." Water bodies of many kinds are found in this refuge.
The Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival (Space Coast Flyways Festival) is held in January. [15] It attracts about 5,000 attendees, [16] the third largest in the US. The Welcome Back Songbirds Festival is held at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in April. [17] In 1987, Brevard hosted the last dusky seaside sparrow, now extinct. [18]
The Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System, located in four separated areas on the Lake Wales Ridge east of US 27 between Davenport and Sebring in Florida. The 1,194 acre (4.8 km 2) refuge was established in 1990, to protect a host of plants and animals. It is also the first ...