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Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is one of the largest near-shore live-bottom reefs in the southeastern United States. The sanctuary, designated in January 1981, is located 19 miles (17 nmi; 31 km) off Sapelo Island , Georgia , and is part of the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary System.
The Oatland Island Wildlife Center is a 100-acre wildlife preserve and environmental education complex located on Oatland Island in Chatham County, Georgia, near Savannah. [1] The island itself is one of the Sea Islands , which are barrier islands along the southeastern coast of the United States .
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. With its varied habitats, the Okefenokee has become an area known for its abundance of plants and animals. There are 621 species of plants growing in the swamp, [12] including the Longleaf Pine tree. [13] Animals include 39 fish, 37 amphibian, 64 reptile, 234 bird, and 50 mammal species. [12]
The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is a 31,551-acre (12,768 ha) National Wildlife Refuge located in Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina. Of the total area, 15,395 acres (6,230 ha) is in Georgia and 15,263 acres (6,177 ha) is in South Carolina.
Daniel Sollenberger, senior wildlife biologist with the Wildlife Resources Division at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, says there’s a difference between threatened and endangered.
Life flourishes around the vents - including giant tubeworms reaching lengths of 10 feet (3 meters), mussels, crabs, shrimp, fish and other organisms beautifully adapted to this extreme environment.
Wassaw Island is one of the Sea Islands.It is located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia and is within the borders of Chatham County.The island and its surrounding marshlands are part of the Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, which has a total area of 10,053 acres (40.68 km 2) of marsh, mudflats, and tidal creeks, including approximately 7 miles (11 km) of ...
About 60 miles west of Savannah on the campus of Georgia Southern University rests the Center for Wildlife Education, a more than five-acre nature reserve.