Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge is a federal wildlife refuge located on Monomoy Island in Massachusetts.
It was taken over by the US government just before World War II and established as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1944. The island was home to the Monomoy Island Gunnery Range until 1951[1]. Its goal was to provide habitat for migratory birds. The size of the refuge is 7,604 acres (31 km²) with varied habitats of oceans, salt and freshwater marshes, dunes, freshwater ponds, and some historic manmade structures, such as the Monomoy Point Light and keeper's quarters (decommissioned but open to the public).
Map of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge area
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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- Billingsgate Island
- Carr Island
- E. Howe Forbush
- Egg Rock
- Grace A. Robson
- J.C. Phillips
- Knight
- Penikese Island
- Ram Island (Salisbury)
- Ram Island (Mattapoisett)
- Susan B. Minns
- Tarpaulin Cove
- Watatic Mountain
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- Black Pond Bog
- Boat Meadow
- Francis Newhall Woods
- Grassy Pond
- Greene Swamp
- Halfway Pond Island
- Hawley Bog
- Hockomock Swamp
- Hoft Farm
- Homer-Watcha Preserve
- Katama Plains
- McElwain-Olsen
- Miacomet Moors
- Reed Brook
- Drury
- Sandy Neck
- David H. Smith Preserve and Fire Trail
- Stacy Mountain
- Tatkon
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- Allens Pond
- Arcadia
- Ashumet Holly
- Attleboro Springs
- Barnstable Great Marsh
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum
- Boston Nature Center
- Broad Meadow Brook
- Broadmoor
- Burncoat Pond
- Canoe Meadows
- Daniel Webster
- Drumlin Farm
- Eagle Lake
- Eastern Point
- Endicott
- Felix Neck
- Flat Rock
- Graves Farm
- Great Neck
- Habitat
- High Ledges
- Ipswich River
- Joppa Flats
- Kettle Island
- Lake Wampanoag
- Laughing Brook
- Lime Kiln Farm
- Lincoln Woods
- Long Pasture
- Lynes Woods
- Marblehead Neck
- Moose Hill
- Museum of American Bird Art
- Nahant Thicket
- Nashoba Brook
- North Hill Marsh
- North River
- Oak Knoll
- Pierpont Meadow
- Pleasant Valley
- Poor Farm Hill
- Richardson Brook
- Road's End
- Rough Meadows
- Rutland Brook
- Sampsons Island
- Sesachacha Heathlands
- Skunknett River
- Stony Brook
- Wachusett Meadow
- Waseeka
- Wellfleet Bay
- Wildwood Camp
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