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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. [ 3 ]
List of National Wildlife Refuges. As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [ 1 ] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [ 2 ] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located.
Designated. 20 January 2010. Reference no. 1928 [ 1 ] 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. [ 2 ]
Thunder Bay Island is a 215-acre (87 ha) island in Lake Huron. The island is one of eight constituent islands of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The island is part of Alpena Township in Alpena County. It marks the entrance to Thunder Bay, the harbor of Alpena, Michigan and the location of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary ...
The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants. Since President Theodore Roosevelt designated Florida's Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge as the first wildlife refuge in 1903, the system has grown to over 568 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland ...
Gull Island (Michigan) Gull Island is the name of a dozen small islands in the U.S. state of Michigan. On Lake Huron: In Alpena County at 45°03′23″N 83°13′55″W / 45.05639°N 83.23194°W / 45.05639; -83.23194. , just outside Thunder Bay and within the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
There are eight National Wildlife Refuges covering 113,639 acres (460 km 2) in the state. These include the first international refuge between the United States and Canada, the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. [5] (See List of National Wildlife Refuges#Michigan)
Gull Island, located in St. James Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan, is the largest of approximately one dozen islands bearing this name in Michigan. 230 acres (0.9 km 2) in size, it is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was created in 1943.