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Florida or by the US federal government. Management of the NWR is provided through the
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Ibises, roseate spoonbills and egrets at
Merritt Island National Wildlife Reserve, Florida United States.
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Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge Complex. headquartered in
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Visitor Center.
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Everglades
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View of refuge from Max Brewer
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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located due east of
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659:Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Map
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195:Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
187:Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
33:Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
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1154:National Estuarine Research Reserves
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1996:Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek
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1911:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Homestead
1529:Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center
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568:St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
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1192:National Wild and Scenic Rivers
736:FWS: Black Point wildlife drive
617:Black Point Wildlife Drive sign
326:Bald eagles inhabit the refuge.
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2144:Florida Keys Overseas Heritage
1834:Constitution Convention Museum
1344:Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson
984:Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee
455:Bobcat in Kennedy Space Center
177:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
18:Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
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1139:Big Cypress National Preserve
546:on the outer barrier island.
426:are resident in small numbers
27:Protected area in Florida, US
2845:Marshes of the United States
1177:Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR
550:is generally permitted, and
2779:U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
1711:Edward Ball Wakulla Springs
1469:Mike Roess Gold Head Branch
1159:National Marine Sanctuaries
757:Merritt Island YouTube link
280:Canaveral National Seashore
242:Great Florida Birding Trail
160:140,000 acres (570 km)
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1916:Natural Bridge Battlefield
1781:Wes Skiles Peacock Springs
1721:Homosassa Springs Wildlife
697:Merritt Island NWR Complex
576:Merritt Island NWR Complex
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1617:Lake June in Winter Scrub
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1816:and archaeological sites
1814:Museums, historic sites,
1567:Alfred B. Maclay Gardens
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502:, a recently discovered
232:Complex, which provides
202:National Wildlife Refuge
2810:Merritt Island, Florida
1549:Windley Key Fossil Reef
1439:John D. MacArthur Beach
1394:Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou
1289:Bill Baggs Cape Florida
272:Brevard County, Florida
100:Brevard County, Florida
2410:Preserves and reserves
1988:Preserves and reserves
1963:Letchworth-Love Mounds
1946:Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
1936:San Marcos de Apalache
1861:Bulow Plantation Ruins
1804:Gamble Rogers Memorial
1731:Lafayette Blue Springs
1559:Botanical garden parks
898:Castillo de San Marcos
769:public domain material
738:- Retrieved 2017-12-25
726:- Retrieved 2017-12-24
711:- Retrieved 2017-12-25
699:- Retrieved 2017-12-25
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1978:San Pedro Underwater
1766:Weeki Wachee Springs
1669:Little Manatee River
1524:St. Joseph Peninsula
1454:Little Talbot Island
1119:Ten Thousand Islands
525:The refuge provides
318:Habitats and species
276:Kennedy Space Center
222:Kennedy Space Center
2830:Wetlands of Florida
2784:U.S. Virgin Islands
2174:Palatka-Lake Butler
2139:Blackwater Heritage
2096:St. Sebastian River
2076:San Felasco Hammock
1968:Madira Bickel Mound
1958:Lake Jackson Mounds
1921:Olustee Battlefield
1891:Fort Zachary Taylor
1736:Madison Blue Spring
1726:Ichetucknee Springs
1504:Skyway Fishing Pier
1329:Delnor-Wiggins Pass
1039:J.N. 'Ding' Darling
609:Roads in the refuge
603:Vero Beach, Florida
580:Titusville, Florida
520:youth organizations
490:West Indian manatee
460:Several species of
439:Several species of
248:Location and extent
173:Governing body
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114:Titusville, Florida
2232:Charles H. Bronson
2121:Yellow River Marsh
2061:Pumpkin Hill Creek
2051:Lower Wekiva River
2036:Fakahatchee Strand
2031:Green Cay Wetlands
1844:John Gorrie Museum
1824:Addison Blockhouse
1664:Hillsborough River
1449:Jonathan Dickinson
1384:Fort George Island
1334:Devil's Millhopper
913:National seashores
890:National monuments
867:National memorials
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1896:Gamble Plantation
1679:Ochlockonee River
1599:and springs parks
1514:St. George Island
1434:Hugh Taylor Birch
1419:Highlands Hammock
1399:Gasparilla Island
1389:Fort Pierce Inlet
1314:Collier–Seminole
1284:Big Talbot Island
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1167:Apalachicola NERR
1074:National Key Deer
1024:Great White Heron
485:Florida scrub jay
480:Roseate spoonbill
424:northern shoveler
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2071:Rock Springs Run
2011:Charlotte Harbor
1866:Dade Battlefield
1849:Ybor City Museum
1829:Cedar Key Museum
1791:Recreation areas
1649:Blackwater River
1534:Stump Pass Beach
1424:Honeymoon Island
1339:Don Pedro Island
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1856:The Barnacle
1694:Three Rivers
1674:Myakka River
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1632:Lake Manatee
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2267:Indian Lake
2252:Four Creeks
2111:Tosohatchee
2001:Anclote Key
1926:Orman House
1881:Fort Foster
1876:Dudley Farm
1871:DeSoto Site
1761:Troy Spring
1701:Blue Spring
1684:Oleta River
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1627:Lake Louisa
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1489:Perdido Key
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1374:Fort Clinch
1364:Faver-Dykes
1294:Bulow Creek
1264:Bahia Honda
1114:St. Vincent
1094:Pine Island
1084:Passage Key
979:Archie Carr
500:Dwarf siren
382:Sea turtles
212:'s largest
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144: /
120:Coordinates
80:Map of the
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2657:New Jersey
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2066:River Rise
2026:Estero Bay
1901:Indian Key
1799:Dead Lakes
1464:Lovers Key
1354:Egmont Key
1319:Colt Creek
1309:Cayo Costa
1304:Camp Helen
1279:Big Shoals
1274:Big Lagoon
1269:Bald Point
1079:Okefenokee
1034:Island Bay
1029:Hobe Sound
1014:Egmont Key
994:Cedar Keys
857:Everglades
645:References
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375:endangered
359:amphibians
308:mosquitoes
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2752:Wisconsin
2717:Tennessee
2622:Minnesota
2597:Louisiana
2418:Boyd Hill
2352:Tiger Bay
2086:Seabranch
2041:Hal Scott
1973:Mound Key
1886:Fort Mose
1607:Deer Lake
1254:Anastasia
1109:St. Marks
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2449:Category
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2322:Pine Log
2302:Matanzas
2272:Jennings
2081:Savannas
1906:Koreshan
1459:Long Key
1099:Pinellas
1044:Key West
969:National
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682:17 April
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363:reptiles
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2732:Vermont
2637:Montana
2577:Indiana
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2552:Florida
2522:Arizona
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959:Osceola
875:De Soto
826:Federal
813:Florida
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548:Fishing
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446:Anhinga
336:marshes
298:History
210:Florida
183:Website
132:80°40′W
129:28°31′N
2692:Oregon
2647:Nevada
2587:Kansas
2562:Hawaii
2517:Alaska
2372:Welaka
2307:Myakka
2257:Goethe
1539:Tomoka
1479:O'Leno
1259:Avalon
635:U.S. 1
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527:hiking
495:Bobcat
471:Glossy
405:Osprey
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2567:Idaho
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