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The Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge is a 950-acre (384.5 ha) National Wildlife Refuge in ten units across the U.S. state of Connecticut.Located in the Atlantic Flyway, the refuge spans 70 miles (110 km) of Connecticut coastline and provides important resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for many species of wading birds, shorebirds, songbirds and terns, including the endangered ...
710 acre park and beach, small nature center open seasonally Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area: Burlington: Hartford: 771-acre state preserve, conservation education programs Sharon Audubon Center: Sharon: Litchfield: 1,200 acres, includes a raptor aviary, herb garden, bird and butterfly garden, and a sugarhouse Sherwood Island State Park ...
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. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in ...
Location County Region Summary Allaire State Park Nature Center: Farmingdale: Monmouth: Shore Region: 3,199 acres, center operated seasonally by the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey: Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center: Chester Township: Morris: Gateway Region: website, operated by the County, 100 acres including fields, woodlands ...
The two divisions are separated by approximately 20 miles (32 km). The refuge is located along most active flight paths of the Atlantic Flyway, making it an important link in the network of national wildlife refuges administered nationwide by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Bee Lick Creek in the Jefferson Memorial Forest, a National Audubon Society wildlife refuge. A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed ...
Wildlife Center at Sinnemahoning State Park: Grove Township: Cameron: Central PA: 1,910-acre park visitor center with natural history exhibits, wildlife viewing area, programs Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College: Latrobe: Westmoreland: Pittsburgh Metro Area: website, 26 acres Woodcock Creek Nature Center: Meadville: Crawford ...
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) These wilderness areas cover about 4.5% of the United States' land area, an area larger than the state of California. About 52% of the wilderness area is in Alaska, with 57,425,569 acres (89,727.452 sq mi; 232,393.03 km 2) of wilderness.