National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · FL · Roosevelt connection
Pinellas 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
His proclamations and orders
- February 10, 1906: Executive Order 409, “Establishing Indian Key Reservation, Tampa Bay, Florida as Preserve and Breeding Ground for Birds.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Established in 1951; takes in Indian, Tarpon, Mule and Jackass Keys, closed to the public, managed within the Crystal River refuge complex.
Executive Order 409 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
- Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 7 miles
- Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 8 miles
- De Soto National Memorial NPS · 11 miles
- Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 68 miles
- Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 71 miles
- Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 74 miles