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The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System, located along a twenty-mile (30 km) section of coastline from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach, Florida, along State Road A1A. The 900 acre (3.6 km 2) refuge was established in 1991, to protect the loggerhead and green sea turtles.
The refuge is located north of the village of Tortuguero, between the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge and the Tortuguero National Park. It is named after Dr. Archie Carr, who set up the Caribbean Conservation Corporation in the same area in 1955.
The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, which covers the beaches from Melbourne Beach south to Wabasso Beach was set up in 1994 in honor of his efforts. In 1994, the Dr. Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge was established in Costa Rica in his memory.
The Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area, created in 2012, is the newest addition and 556th unit of the United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System. It began with 10 acres (4.0 ha) donated to the conservation effort as part of the Obama administration 's America's Great Outdoors Initiative .
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge: Brevard County Indian River County: FL 1991: 900 acres (3.6 km 2) [71] Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: Palm Beach County: FL 1951: 147,392 acres (596.47 km 2) [72] Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: Lee County: FL 1921: 40 acres (0.16 km 2) [73] Cedar Keys National Wildlife ...
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, on the northern end of the island. The refuge was established for the protection of sea turtles. [8] Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Indian River Lagoon north of Windsor. [9] Pepper Park Beachside, is a St. Lucie County park on the southern end of North Hutchinson Island along A-1-A.
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The 900-acre (3.6 km 2) Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge contains a twenty-mile (32 km) section of coastline from Melbourne Beach south. This is the most important nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in the western hemisphere and the second most important nesting beach in the world. [ 44 ]