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Humbug Marsh, a 1.88 square kilometres (0.73 sq mi) wetland in southeastern Wayne County, Michigan, is a constituent element of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. It is listed as a Ramsar wetland of international importance .
The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is one of over 540 National Wildlife Refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within the Department of the Interior. It occupies 7.88 square miles (20.41 km 2 ) of scattered property but has drawn boundaries for further expansion.
Humbug Island) is an elongated island within the city of Gibraltar just northwest of Calf Island. It is included in the much larger 410-acre (1.66 km 2) Humbug Marsh, which was included into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in 2004.
The Detroit International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton is expanding with the acquisition of 114 acres of land, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday. The land will be maintained to ...
This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
In the south of the city, is the Humbug Marsh Unit of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. This unit of the refuge is shared between Trenton and Gibraltar to the south. The refuge features the last natural shoreline on the Detroit River as well as old growth forest, marshland, swamps and savanna.
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