Nearest city Chatham, Massachusetts Area 30.77 km² | Address Chatham, MA 02633, USA Established 1944 | |
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Location Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service Similar Chatham Railroad Station, Lighthouse Beach, Atwood House Museum, Chatham Marconi Maritime, Massasoit National Wildlife R Profiles | ||
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Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge is federal wildlife refuge located on Monomoy Island in Massachusetts.
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- Tern restoration at monomoy national wildlife refuge
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It was taken over by the US government just before World War II. The island was home to the Monomoy Island Gunnery Range until 1951 when the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge was established. 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).
Tern restoration at monomoy national wildlife refuge
References
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA