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32:This article includes a list of general
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1307:Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson
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1879:Natural Bridge Battlefield
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571:Map of the wildlife refuge
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131:Map of the United States
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1402:John D. MacArthur Beach
1357:Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou
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1951:Preserves and reserves
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1909:Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
1899:San Marcos de Apalache
1824:Bulow Plantation Ruins
1767:Gamble Rogers Memorial
1694:Lafayette Blue Springs
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1802:Forest Capital Museum
1709:Ponce de Leon Springs
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632:conservation easement
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1941:San Pedro Underwater
1729:Weeki Wachee Springs
1632:Little Manatee River
1487:St. Joseph Peninsula
1417:Little Talbot Island
1082:Ten Thousand Islands
638:was acquired by the
398:prothonotary warbler
163:Otter Creek, Florida
2793:Wetlands of Florida
2747:U.S. Virgin Islands
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2102:Blackwater Heritage
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2039:San Felasco Hammock
1931:Madira Bickel Mound
1921:Lake Jackson Mounds
1884:Olustee Battlefield
1854:Fort Zachary Taylor
1699:Madison Blue Spring
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2024:Pumpkin Hill Creek
2014:Lower Wekiva River
1999:Fakahatchee Strand
1994:Green Cay Wetlands
1807:John Gorrie Museum
1787:Addison Blockhouse
1627:Hillsborough River
1412:Jonathan Dickinson
1347:Fort George Island
1297:Devil's Millhopper
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1397:Hugh Taylor Birch
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1352:Fort Pierce Inlet
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1974:Charlotte Harbor
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1812:Ybor City Museum
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2665:Rhode Island
2660:Pennsylvania
2640:North Dakota
2300:Ross Prairie
2250:Lake Talquin
2200:Cottage Hill
2132:Nature Coast
2094:State trails
2069:Topsail Hill
1894:Paynes Creek
1819:The Barnacle
1657:Three Rivers
1637:Myakka River
1607:Alafia River
1600:Lake Talquin
1595:Lake Manatee
1575:Lake Griffin
1312:Eden Gardens
1168:Wekiva River
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907:Apalachicola
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374:indigo snake
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2590:Mississippi
2505:Connecticut
2362:Local level
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2310:Tate's Hell
2245:Lake George
2230:Indian Lake
2215:Four Creeks
2074:Tosohatchee
1964:Anclote Key
1889:Orman House
1844:Fort Foster
1839:Dudley Farm
1834:DeSoto Site
1724:Troy Spring
1664:Blue Spring
1647:Oleta River
1617:Dunns Creek
1590:Lake Louisa
1472:St. Andrews
1452:Perdido Key
1342:Fort Cooper
1337:Fort Clinch
1327:Faver-Dykes
1257:Bulow Creek
1227:Bahia Honda
1077:St. Vincent
1057:Pine Island
1047:Passage Key
942:Archie Carr
630:In 2001, a
595:, first by
581:Shell Mound
495:sea turtles
464:green heron
448:snowy egret
444:great egret
405:tidal flats
362:river otter
342:wild turkey
332:, and vast
280:river delta
269:Gainesville
214:Established
193: /
169:Coordinates
148:Levy County
51:introducing
2762:Categories
2705:Washington
2625:New Mexico
2620:New Jersey
2495:California
2205:Deep Creek
2175:Big Shoals
2029:River Rise
1989:Estero Bay
1864:Indian Key
1762:Dead Lakes
1427:Lovers Key
1317:Egmont Key
1282:Colt Creek
1272:Cayo Costa
1267:Camp Helen
1242:Big Shoals
1237:Big Lagoon
1232:Bald Point
1042:Okefenokee
997:Island Bay
992:Hobe Sound
977:Egmont Key
957:Cedar Keys
820:Everglades
676:References
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499:Freshwater
417:dowitchers
413:sandpipers
411:, such as
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390:bald eagle
382:wood stork
370:salt marsh
368:, Florida
34:references
2715:Wisconsin
2680:Tennessee
2585:Minnesota
2560:Louisiana
2381:Boyd Hill
2315:Tiger Bay
2049:Seabranch
2004:Hal Scott
1936:Mound Key
1849:Fort Mose
1570:Deer Lake
1217:Anastasia
1072:St. Marks
1067:St. Johns
884:Canaveral
650:lightning
646:Wildfires
625:Scrubland
621:wiregrass
491:shellfish
354:alligator
324:forests,
291:coastline
2700:Virginia
2650:Oklahoma
2630:New York
2605:Nebraska
2595:Missouri
2580:Michigan
2570:Maryland
2555:Kentucky
2535:Illinois
2510:Delaware
2500:Colorado
2490:Arkansas
2412:Category
2305:Seminole
2285:Pine Log
2265:Matanzas
2235:Jennings
2044:Savannas
1869:Koreshan
1422:Long Key
1062:Pinellas
1007:Key West
932:National
810:Biscayne
670:culverts
613:sandhill
551:and the
541:censuses
511:bluegill
302:canoeing
140:Location
2720:Wyoming
2695:Vermont
2600:Montana
2540:Indiana
2520:Georgia
2515:Florida
2485:Arizona
2475:Alabama
2422:Commons
2325:Wakulla
2225:Holopaw
2170:Belmore
1507:Torreya
922:Osceola
838:De Soto
789:Federal
776:Florida
472:limpkin
429:plovers
358:raccoon
306:hunting
298:fishing
287:estuary
265:Florida
232:Website
181:83°06′W
178:29°19′N
152:Florida
47:improve
2655:Oregon
2610:Nevada
2550:Kansas
2525:Hawaii
2480:Alaska
2335:Welaka
2270:Myakka
2220:Goethe
1502:Tomoka
1442:O'Leno
1222:Avalon
577:midden
547:, the
487:shrimp
466:, and
427:, and
394:osprey
380:, and
346:bobcat
318:swamps
36:, but
2685:Texas
2565:Maine
2530:Idaho
1204:Parks
1193:level
1191:State
917:Ocala
791:level
648:from
257:Dixie
249:LSNWR
2732:Guam
2690:Utah
2645:Ohio
2545:Iowa
2190:Cary
1120:and
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603:and
539:and
525:and
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322:pine
261:Levy
243:The
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