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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge

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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
Address: PO Box 645
Hobe Sound, FL 33475
Phone: 772-546-6141;
Fax: 772-546-7572;
Web: hobesound.fws.gov
Established: 1969.
Location: In Martin County, off the east coast of Florida.
Facilities: Visitor center, viewing sites, trail, boat launch, nature center, museum.
Activities: Fishing, hiking, educational programs.
Special Features: One of the most productive sea turtle nesting areas in the United States, the refuge provides habitat to the endangered leatherback, green, and threatened loggerhead sea turtles.
Habitats: 967 acres of beach, sand dunes, and mangroves on Jupiter Island and a sand pine scrub forest on the mainland.
Access: Daylight hours year round.
Wild life: Sea turtles, brown pelicans, ospreys, and a variety of shorebirds and songbirds.

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Example applications Benefit-cost analyses of predator removal approaches for reducing losses of sea turtle nests Historically, up to 95% of sea turtle nests at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (HSNWR), Florida have been destroyed by predation.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hiking, nature observation, and photography are popular at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, 13640 US1, Hobe Sound, [telephone] 561/546-2067.
As a consequence, predation on a high-density turtle nesting beach at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (HSNWR), 21 km north of MBSP, dropped from 42% to 29% in one year (Engeman et al.
 
 
 
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