head to the Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge. Once part of a plantation owned by Maj. Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, this nature preserve is spread out across 4,053 acres and comprises ...

Pelican Island, located in the Indian River Lagoon, was designated as America's first national wildlife refuge in 1903. The island serves as a crucial nesting habitat for brown pelicans and over ...

The Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, which works in cooperation with the Hobe Sound Nature Center, ...

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY − America’s first national wildlife refuge near Sebastian is a small island in the Indian River Lagoon, surrounded by over 5,400 acres of protected waters and lands, known as ...