Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge Explained

Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
Iucn Category:IV
Map:USA
Relief:1
Map Width:300
Location:Matagorda County, Texas, United States
Nearest City:Bay City, Texas
Coordinates:28.7583°N -95.8125°W
Area:5000acres
Established:1983
Governing Body:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website:Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge

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 5000acres 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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BigBoggy Refuge . FWS . FWS.gov. September 2008 . 2008-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080923002333/http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/texasmidcoast/bigboggy.htm. 23 September 2008 . live.
  2. Web site: San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. FWS . FWS.gov. September 2008 . 2008-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20050309230347/http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/sanbern.html. March 9, 2005. live.