The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United StatesNational Wildlife Refuge System, located along a twenty mile section of coastline from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach. The 900 acre refuge was established in 1991, to protect the Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtles. It is administered as part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Image File history File links US_Locator_Blank. ... Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ... Melbourne Beach is a town located in Brevard County, Florida. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. ... Melbourne Beach is a town located in Brevard County, Florida. ... Wabasso Beach is a census-designated place located in Indian River County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 1,075. ... Binomial name Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758 The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) is a sea turtle and the only member of the genus Caretta. ... Binomial name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) This page redirects from Chelonia, which is the genus name of this turtle, but has also been used for the order Testudines of all turtles and tortoises. ... Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is an important US National Wildlife Refuge on the Atlantic coast of Florida. ...
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