National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · FL · Roosevelt connection
Island Bay 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 23, 1908: as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Island Bay Reservation (federal bird reservation). Mangrove islands near Cape Haze that shelter nesting wading birds.
archive.org · standardebooks.org · en.wikisource.org · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
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
- Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 6 miles
- J. N. "ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 22 miles
- Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 24 miles
- Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 25 miles
- De Soto National Memorial NPS · 58 miles
- Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 63 miles