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The complex spans more than 250 miles (400 km) of Maine coastline and includes five national wildlife refuges—Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages the refuge complex as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a sanctuary off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in Southern California 350 miles (563 km) south of San Francisco and 95 miles (153 km) north of Los Angeles. It was designated on October 2, 1980, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and was expanded in 2007. [2]
Holbrook Island Sanctuary is a publicly owned nature preserve with recreational features occupying 1,345 acres (544 ha) on Penobscot Bay in the town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. The site includes upland forest and meadows, wetland marshes and ponds, and rocky mainland shores in addition to off-shore Holbrook Island.
Among the sanctuary's islands, Baguan alone accounts for approximately 63% of all turtle nestings. [5] At least 71 species of birds were observed in the wildlife sanctuary. These include the vulnerable grey imperial pigeon (Ducula pickeringii), the near-threatened Mantanani scops owl (Otus mantananensis) and the Philippine megapode (Megapodius ...
Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi and is an uninhabited, 285-acre (1.15 km 2) barren islet. [1]
The island is an important stop for many bird migrations, as it is often the first land birds encounter when crossing the Gulf of Mexico. The island was dedicated as an Important Bird Area due to this fact. The sanctuary itself, created in 1961, features a wide variety of landforms, including a freshwater lake, swamp, pine forest, and dunes.
Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary [9] Hua Tabtan Hadsamran Wildlife Sanctuary; Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary; Huai Sala Wildlife Sanctuary; Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary; Khao Khiao - Khao Chomphu Wildlife Sanctuary; Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary; Khao Sanam Priang Wildlife Sanctuary; Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary; Khlong Nakha ...
The refuge's diversity is critical to Long Island wildlife. The north/south orientation of the refuge's peninsula creates important habitat for shorebirds, raptors, and songbirds as they navigate the coastline during migration. Habitats along the beach attract nesting piping plovers, roseate terns, least terns, common terns, and shorebirds.