Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Tag: merritt island national wildlife refuge

  • This Refuge “Merritts” a Visit

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    High on my list of places to visit on my trip to Florida was Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center. The refuge is huge, over 140,000 acres, consisting of a variety of habitats – coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks. Winter brings Read more…