Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge

Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: c/o Key Deer NWR
179 Key Deer Blvd
Big Pine Key, FL 33043
Phone: 305-872-2239;
Fax: 305-872-2154;
Web: southeast.fws.gov/greatwhiteheron
Established: 1938.
Location: Islands on the north side of the lower Florida Keys between Marathon and Key West.
Facilities: Visitor contact station (on Big Pine Key).
Activities: Boating, canoeing, fishing.
Special Features: Refuge consists of a 300-square-mile area of water and unpopulated islands. No raccoons live on the islands, thus providing a safe nesting, roosting, wading, and resting habitat critical for more than 250 bird species.
Habitats: 6,207 acres of mangrove islands and wetlands, with some sandy beaches and dunes. An additional 123,900 acres of marine waters are managed but not owned by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Access: By boat only; access to islands is restricted.
Wild life: Great white heron and other wading birds, sea turtles.

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