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Huron National Wildlife Refuge
Alerts and conditions
All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
The Roosevelt connection
Protected by T.R.
- October 10, 1905: as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Huron Islands Reservation (federal bird reservation). Rocky granite islands in Lake Superior where gulls nest, now also protected as wilderness.
archive.org · standardebooks.org · fws.gov · en.wikipedia.org · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- October 10, 1905: Executive Order 357-D, “Establishing Huron Islands Reservation as a Preserve and Breeding Ground for Native Birds.” Today’s site began with this document. The 1905 order was revoked in 1938 and the refuge re-established under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
Executive Order 357-D in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Keweenaw National Historical Park NPS · 30 miles
- Grand Island National Recreation Area USFS · 69 miles
- Ottawa National Forest USFS · 70 miles
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore NPS · 83 miles
- Isle Royale National Park NPS · 83 miles
- Hiawatha National Forest USFS · 84 miles