Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location | Brazoria County, Texas, United States |
Nearest city | Angleton, Texas |
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Area | 44,414 acres (179.74 km2) |
Established | 1969 |
Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Website | http://www.fws.gov/refuge/brazoria/ |
The Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is a 44,414-acre (179.74 km2)[1] wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), east of the towns of Angleton and Lake Jackson, Texas. It borders a bay on the Intracoastal Waterway, behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico.
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Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1969 and provides quality habitat for wintering migratory waterfowl and other bird life. The refuge contains a freshwater slough which winds through salt marshes.[2]
In winter, more than 100,000 snow geese, Canada geese, pintail, northern shoveler, teal, gadwall, American wigeon, mottled ducks, and sandhill cranes fill the numerous ponds and sloughs to capacity.[2]
In summer, birds which nest on the refuge include 10 species of herons and egrets, white ibis, roseate spoonbill, mottled duck, white-tailed kite, clapper rail, horned lark, seaside sparrow, black skimmer, and scissor-tailed flycatcher.[2]
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.[3]
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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