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Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge |
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Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge Address: 1339 20th St Vero Beach, FL 32960 Phone: 561-562-3909; Fax: 561-564-7393; Web: www.fws.gov/archiecarr Established: 1991. Location: Between Melbourne and Wabasso along Florida's east coast. Activities: Educational programs. Special Features: A linear refuge stretching for 20.5 miles, the site is the most important nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Western Hemisphere and second most important nesting beach in the world. Twenty-five percent of all loggerhead sea turtle nests are laid along this strip of beach. Habitats: 900 acres (when acquisiton is complete) sandy beach coastline. Access: Limited by turtle activity; nest surveys are conducted April to September. Wild life: Loggerhead sea turtles, green sea turtles. See other parks in Florida. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | which is adjacent to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge (the world's second most important sea-turtle nesting beach), 17 oceanfront cottages had supposedly been protected from the Atlantic by an 1,800-foot seawall of metal and cement. The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge supports a variety of federally (FWS) and state (FWC) listed species: at least 15 federally threatened or endangered species and 38 species listed by the State of Florida as endangered, threatened, of special concern, or commercially exploited, including 8 reptile, 10 bird, 4 mammal, and 16 plant species. He also worked with federal agencies to bring Land and Water Conservation Fund monies to Florida for the purchase of various sites, including Osceola National Forest Pinhook additions, Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Suwanee National Wildlife Refuge, Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge and Tate's Hell Swamp. |
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