National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · FL · Roosevelt connection
Matlacha Pass 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.
- September 26, 1908: as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Matlacha Pass Reservation (federal bird reservation). Mangrove islands between Pine Island and the mainland, created the same day as Palma Sola.
archive.org · standardebooks.org · en.wikisource.org · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- September 26, 1908: Executive Order 943, “Establishing Matlacha Pass Reservation in Florida as Preserve and Breeding Ground for Native Birds.” Today’s site began with this document.
Executive Order 943 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
- J. N. "ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 8 miles
- Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 18 miles
- Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 19 miles
- Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 24 miles
- Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 41 miles
- Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 47 miles