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leaders as well as government commissions and conservation groups had filed written recommendations to the US Congress to fund the "Housatonic River
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website, "Shang" Wheeler was also a "superior football player, amateur boxer, a nationally known breeder of
Llewellyn setters, a champion fly caster who also created many new flies, and a political cartoonist." as well as a "among the nation's leading experts on oysters and their cultivation,".
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While many marsh creeks are navigable at high tide, many of the waterways inside the WMA become mud flats at low tide, which are extremely difficult to traverse. High tide in Long Island Sound off
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education with displays about area wildlife and meeting rooms. The
Coastal Center offers educational programs, demonstrations, and workshops about wildlife (in particular migratory birds). Outside there are demonstration sites, self-guided hiking trails to the sand bars and beaches of
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Charles E. (Shang) Wheeler (1872-1949) was a
Connecticut state senator and representative, outdoorsman, conservationist and celebrated amateur decoy carver as well as the general manager of the Connecticut Oyster Farms Company from 1912 to 1946) in nearby Milford, Connecticut.
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Motorized and non-motorized watercraft are permitted and used for hunting, fishing and recreation (particularly kayaks, canoes, stand up paddleboards (SUPs) and rowboats with shallow drafts and narrow beams for deftly navigating the tidal creeks and estuarine channels).
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Wildlife Service. As one of the most important migratory bird stopover areas on Long Island Sound, a majority of the 8.5 acre Milford Point is protected from human contact for much of the year to protect nesting areas of the
379:... "(c) No person shall operate a motorboat in excess of Slow No Wake within: ... (2) the channel east of Nells Island and all channels, creeks or waterways within the Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area, including Nells Island;
508:. In 1951 the Lab named a research vessel the R/V Shang Wheeler, which it used until 2001. The Milford Lab is now under NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and is known as a part of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
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flows north and south to the west of the Charles E. Wheeler WMA, however a substantial amount of the water flows into and through the estuary itself particularly with the tide.
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threatened bird species. Several semi-permanent sand bars in Long Island Sound are located just off Milford Point and some connect to Milford Point, particularly at low tide.
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channel between the WMA and Stratford was also dredged to keep the WMA's marshlands from expanding into the main channel of the river.
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area into the main channel of the river, obstructing recreational boating and commercial shipping.
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Milford Hall of Fame - Charles Edward "Shang" Wheeler - Avid Oysterman And Duck Carver
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Wide view of swans at high tide in Charles E. Wheeler WMA
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Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area Facebook Page
748:"NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS"
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753:. Milford Open Space Steering Committee. May 2002
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2411:Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield
910:. The Political Graveyard - Lawrence Kestenbaum
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2653:List of nature centers in Connecticut
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575:"Connecticut Hunting Area List 2020"
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2376:Audubon Center at Bent of the River
2104:Little River Fish and Wildlife Area
1278:Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
908:"Wheeler, Charles E. (born c.1873)"
1131:Weir Farm National Historical Park
545:Duck Island (Milford, Connecticut)
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2184:Roger Tory Peterson Wildlife Area
1177:New England National Scenic Trail
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627:John Burgeson (23 October 2012).
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1578:Moosup Valley State Park Trail
1273:Becket Hill State Park Reserve
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987:Connecticut Wildlife Magazine
866:. Connecticut Audubon Society
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1668:Salt Rock State Campground
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888:. The Milford Hall of Fame
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2491:White Memorial Foundation
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1966:Wildlife Management Areas
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489:Connecticut State Senate
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2219:Skiff Mountain Coop WMA
2174:Raymond Brook Marsh WMA
1523:Larkin State Park Trail
144:625 acres (253 ha)
125:41.181107°N 73.109615°W
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2496:Woodcock Nature Center
2481:Steep Rock Association
2089:King's Island Coop WMA
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1343:Dart Island State Park
1192:Wild and Scenic Rivers
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2466:Pine Mountain Reserve
2431:Great Mountain Forest
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1403:George Dudley Seymour
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2471:Saltonstall Mountain
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2335:Trap Falls Reservoir
2084:Housatonic River WMA
2079:Higganum Meadows WMA
2049:East River Marsh WMA
2039:Cromwell Meadows WMA
1816:Centennial Watershed
1518:Lamentation Mountain
1333:Collis P. Huntington
954:Connecticut (1955).
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445:Milford Hall of Fame
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2330:Saugatuck Reservoir
2249:Wangunk Meadows WMA
2159:Quinebaug River WMA
2059:Eightmile River WMA
2024:Candlewood Hill WMA
1688:Seth Low Pierrepont
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2612:Salmon River Trail
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2451:McLean Game Refuge
2300:Far Mill Reservoir
2275:Aspetuck Reservoir
2209:Sessions Woods WMA
2064:Franklin Swamp WMA
2044:Durham Meadows WMA
1999:Bartlett Brook WMA
1753:Trout Brook Valley
1473:Housatonic Meadows
1448:Higganum Reservoir
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2229:Stanley Works WMA
2179:Robbins Swamp WMA
2129:Messerschmidt WMA
2124:Menunketesuck WMA
2014:Bishops Swamp WMA
1548:Mashamoquet Brook
1443:Haystack Mountain
1438:Harkness Memorial
1433:Hammonasset Beach
1172:Appalachian Trail
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2592:Paugussett Trail
2547:Lillinonah Trail
2295:Easton Reservoir
2244:Tankerhoosen WMA
2119:Meadow Brook WMA
2114:Maromas Coop WMA
2074:Great Harbor WMA
1984:Babcock Pond WMA
1974:Aldo Leopold WMA
1831:James L. Goodwin
1788:Wooster Mountain
1743:Talcott Mountain
1643:Quinnipiac River
1543:Mansfield Hollow
1378:Farmington Canal
1328:Chatfield Hollow
1220:Housatonic River
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1210:Farmington River
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1428:Haley Farm
1373:Farm River
1293:Black Rock
1240:Wood River
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