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The refuge which includes 2,400 acres (970 ha) of upland forests, 5,100 acres (2,100 ha) of wetlands, and 1,050 acres (420 ha) of marsh. 2,278 acres (922 ha) of the refuge have been designated as a wilderness area. Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Great White Heron NWR, and Key West NWR are administered by the National Key Deer Refuge. [1]
In addition to the 189,497 acres (767 km 2) of land owned by the refuge, the refuge maintains 154 acres (.623 km 2) for the United States Coast Guard and 206,289 acres (834.822 km 2) of marine waters in conjunction with the state of Florida. The refuge is one of three refuges administered by the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key in ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service owns and manages Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and entered into a cooperative agreement with Florida Park Service to cooperatively manage the entire island in 1989 and is known as Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and State Park. In 1974, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took over Egmont Key.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, north of Naples, Florida and east of Bonita Springs, in the United States.The sanctuary was established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (T. ascendens) in North America from extensive logging that was ongoing throughout the 1940s ...
Big Mullet Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge . Located in the Outlying Islands of the Florida Keys, it is in the northern Mule Keys that are 9 miles (15 km) west of Key West .
The location of Barracouta Keys and Marquesas Keys in the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. The Mule Keys are a group of scattered islets in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. They are between 3 and 12 miles (4.8 and 19.3 km) west of Key West, separated from it by the Northwest Channel.
Woman Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States.It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. [1]Located in the Outlying Islands of the Florida Keys, Woman Key is in the southern Mule Keys, which are 9 miles (14 km) west of Key West. [2]
Mule Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge . Located in the Outlying Islands of the Florida Keys, it is the easternmost of the Mule Keys that are 9 miles (15 km) west of Key West .