Area 20.23 km² Nearest city Bay City | Established 1983 | |
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Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge Similar Grulla National Wildlife R, Buffalo Lake National, Attwater Prairie Chicken, Acton State Historic Site, Caddo Lake National | ||
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.
Map of Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA
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.
References
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA