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San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), south of the towns of Sweeny and Brazoria, Texas. It encloses a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. The refuge is located in southern Brazoria and eastern Matagorda counties.

San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1969 and provides quality habitat for wintering migratory waterfowl and other bird life.[1] Viewing the rippling marshes and ponds of the refuge gives an image of Texas as it was before settlement.[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

  1. ^ a b FWS (September 2008). "SanBernard Refuge". FWS.gov. http://www.fws.gov/SOUTHWEST/refuges/texas/texasmidcoast/sanbernard.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  2. ^ FWS (September 2008). "San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge". FWS.gov. http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/sanbern.html. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

References

vdProtected Areas of Texas
Federal
National Parks Big BendGuadalupe Mountains
National Monuments and Memorials Alibates Flint Quarries National MonumentChamizal National Memorial
National Historical Parks and Historic Sites El Orcoquisac Archeological DistrictFort Davis National Historic SiteLyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkSan Antonio Missions National Historical Park
National Historic Trails El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
National Recreation Areas AmistadLake Meredith
National Wildlife Refuges AnahuacAransasAttwater Prairie ChickenBalcones CanyonlandsBig BoggyBrazoriaBuffalo LakeGrullaHagermanLaguna AtascosaLower Rio Grande ValleyMcFaddinMuleshoeSan BernardSanta AnaTexas PointTrinity River
National Forests AngelinaDavy CrockettSabineSam Houston
National Grasslands CaddoLyndon B. JohnsonMcClellan CreekRita Blanca
Other Protected Areas Big Thicket National PreservePadre Island National SeashoreRio Grande Wild and Scenic River
State
State Parks and Natural Areas AbileneAtlantaBalmorhea • Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center • Bastrop • Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley • Big Bend RanchBig SpringBlancoBoca ChicaBonhamBrazos BendBuescherCaddo LakeCaprock CanyonsCedar Hill • Choke Canyon • CleburneColorado BendCooper LakeCopper BreaksDaingerfieldDavis Mountains • Devils River State Natural Area • Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area • Dinosaur ValleyEisenhowerEnchanted Rock State Natural Area • Estero Llano Grande • Fairfield Lake • Falcon • Fort Boggy • Fort Parker State Park • Fort Richardson State Park • Franklin MountainsGalveston IslandGarner • Goliad • Goose IslandGovernment Canyon State Natural AreaGuadalupe RiverHill Country State Natural Area • Honey Creek State Natural Area • Huntsville • Indian Lodge • Inks Lake • Kickapoo Cavern • Lake Arrowhead • Lake Bob Sandlin • Lake Brownwood • Lake Casa Blanca International • Lake Colorado City • Lake Corpus Christi • Lake Livingston • Lake Mineral Wells • Lake Somerville • Lake TawakoniLake Texana • Lake Whitney • Lockhart • Longhorn Cavern • Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway • Lost Maples State Natural Area • Martin Creek Lake • Martin Dies, Jr. • Matagorda Island • McKinney Falls • Meridian • Mission Tejas • Monahans SandhillsMother Neff State ParkMustang IslandPalmettoPalo Duro CanyonPedernales FallsPossum Kingdom • Purtis Creek • Ray Roberts Lake • Resaca de la Palma • San AngeloSea Rim • Sheldon Lake • South Llano River • Stephen F. AustinTylerVillage Creek • Walter Umphrey • Wyler Aerial Tramway
State Historic Sites ActonAdmiral NimitzBarrington Living History Farm at Washington-on-the-BrazosBattleship TEXASCaddoan Mounds • Casa Navarro • Confederate Reunion Grounds • Eisenhower BirthplaceFanthorp Inn • Fannin Battleground • Fort GriffinFort Lancaster • Fort Leaton • Fort McKavett • Fort Richardson • Fulton Mansion • Goliad • Hueco TanksKreische BreweryLandmark InnLevi Jordan Plantation • Lipantitlan • Lyndon B. JohnsonMagoffin Homestead • Mission Espiritu Santo • Mission Rosario • Monument HillPenn FarmPoint Isabel Lighthouse • Sabine Pass Battleground • Sam Bell Maxey HouseSamuel T. Rayburn HouseSan FelipeSan Jacinto BattlegroundSauer-Beckmann FarmSebastopol House • Seminole Canyon • Starr Family HomeVarner•Hogg PlantationWashington-on-the-Brazos • Zaragosa Birthplace
State Forests E.O. Siecke • I.D. Fairchild • John Henry Kirby • Masterson • W. Goodrich Jones
State Wildlife Trails Great Texas CoastalHeart of TexasPanhandle PlainsPrairies and Pineywoods
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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