Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge

Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
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LocationMatagorda County, Texas, United States
Nearest cityBay City, Texas
Coordinates28°45′30″N 95°48′45″W / 28.75833°N 95.81250°W / 28.75833; -95.81250
Area5,000 acres (20 km2)
Established1983
Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WebsiteBig Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge (bottom left) along the coast of southeast Texas.

The Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA) in southeastern Matagorda County, south of the towns of Bay City and Wadsworth. It borders a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. Established in 1983 and encompassing 5,000 acres (20 km2) of salt marsh.[1]

Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is for the birds. The refuge is only open to the public for waterfowl hunting season and for special activities.[1]

Three national wildlife refuges on the Texas coast - Brazoria, San Bernard and Big Boggy - form a vital complex of coastal wetlands harboring more than 300 bird species.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b FWS (September 2008). "BigBoggy Refuge". FWS.gov. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  2. ^ FWS (September 2008). "San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge". FWS.gov. Archived from the original on March 9, 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

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