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describes the desired future conditions of a refuge or planning unit; provides long-range guidance and management direction to achieve the purposes of the refuge; helps fulfill the mission of the Refuge System; maintains and, where appropriate, restores the ecological integrity of each refuge and the
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Connecticut's Islands and Coast would soon be without important nesting and feeding habitat. With
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unit is closed to public visitation throughout the year due to the fragile status of the roseate terns that nest there. However, the refuge does open the island for a two-day open house each
September. During the open house, visitors have an opportunity to visit an actual research camp and an
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debated whether the town would sell town owned lands to the U.S. Fish and
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National Wildlife System Refuge Improvement Act of 1997
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Tourist attractions in Middlesex County, Connecticut
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Tourist attractions in New Haven County, Connecticut
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Tourist attractions in Fairfield County, Connecticut
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is located three miles (5 km) off the shore of
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2602:Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield
2994:National Wildlife Refuges of the United States
2637:Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust
1127:"Stratford Officials Consider Long Beach Sale"
1103:"Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge"
994:Connecticut's Coastal National Wildlife Refuge
700:historic stone lighthouse and keepers quarters
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1030:Comprehensive Conservation Planning Process
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2844:List of nature centers in Connecticut
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1864:Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area
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2887:Happy Landings Protected Open Space
2708:American Legion State Forest Trails
2667:Stamford Museum & Nature Center
2567:Audubon Center at Bent of the River
2295:Little River Fish and Wildlife Area
1469:Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
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2882:Gurski Farm Protected Open Space
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2572:Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens
1769:Moosup Valley State Park Trail
1464:Becket Hill State Park Reserve
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102:41.289231000°N 72.471780000°W
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1859:Salt Rock State Campground
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371:National Audubon Society
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171:National Wildlife Refuge
3348:Wetlands of Connecticut
2823:Whitestone Cliffs Trail
2531:West Hartford Reservoir
2410:Skiff Mountain Coop WMA
2365:Raymond Brook Marsh WMA
1714:Larkin State Park Trail
1071:Bridgeport, Connecticut
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402:41.210880°N 72.653190°W
2733:Housatonic Range Trail
2687:Woodcock Nature Center
2672:Steep Rock Association
2280:King's Island Coop WMA
2225:Charles E. Wheeler WMA
1534:Dart Island State Park
1383:Wild and Scenic Rivers
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955:Westbrook, Connecticut
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233:Westbrook, Connecticut
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2713:Aspetuck Valley Trail
2657:Pine Mountain Reserve
2622:Great Mountain Forest
2511:Mansfield Hollow Lake
2471:Barkhamsted Reservoir
2415:James V. Spignesi WMA
1594:George Dudley Seymour
1314:National Park Service
1261:Pleasure Beach Photos
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947:Elizabeth Fisher Read
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656:Sheffield Island Unit
437:Branford, Connecticut
407:41.210880; -72.653190
355:Guilford, Connecticut
2907:Old Bridge Sanctuary
2662:Saltonstall Mountain
2612:Devil's Den Preserve
2526:Trap Falls Reservoir
2275:Housatonic River WMA
2270:Higganum Meadows WMA
2240:East River Marsh WMA
2230:Cromwell Meadows WMA
2007:Centennial Watershed
1709:Lamentation Mountain
1524:Collis P. Huntington
979:Westbrook Land Trust
672:Norwalk, Connecticut
598:American black ducks
515:Milford, Connecticut
433:Thimble Island Chain
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3277:U.S. Virgin Islands
2728:Hancock Brook Trail
2632:Highstead Arboretum
2587:Branford Land Trust
2557:Aspetuck Land Trust
2521:Saugatuck Reservoir
2440:Wangunk Meadows WMA
2350:Quinebaug River WMA
2250:Eightmile River WMA
2215:Candlewood Hill WMA
1879:Seth Low Pierrepont
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2803:Salmon River Trail
2758:Narragansett Trail
2718:Blue-Blazed Trails
2642:McLean Game Refuge
2491:Far Mill Reservoir
2466:Aspetuck Reservoir
2400:Sessions Woods WMA
2255:Franklin Swamp WMA
2235:Durham Meadows WMA
2190:Bartlett Brook WMA
1944:Trout Brook Valley
1664:Housatonic Meadows
1639:Higganum Reservoir
1499:Brainard Homestead
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652:Chimon Island Unit
582:Great Meadows Unit
511:Milford Point Unit
363:endangered species
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207:intertidal wetland
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2692:Yale-Myers Forest
2496:Hemlock Reservoir
2420:Stanley Works WMA
2370:Robbins Swamp WMA
2320:Messerschmidt WMA
2315:Menunketesuck WMA
2205:Bishops Swamp WMA
1739:Mashamoquet Brook
1634:Haystack Mountain
1629:Harkness Memorial
1624:Hammonasset Beach
1363:Appalachian Trail
802:41.071°N 73.372°W
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696:white-tailed deer
680:Maritime Aquarium
664:Peach Island Unit
660:Goose Island Unit
628:41.160°N 73.135°W
606:great blue herons
602:pied billed grebe
590:northern harriers
563:41.1757; -73.1015
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2783:Paugussett Trail
2738:Lillinonah Trail
2486:Easton Reservoir
2435:Tankerhoosen WMA
2310:Meadow Brook WMA
2305:Maromas Coop WMA
2265:Great Harbor WMA
2175:Babcock Pond WMA
2165:Aldo Leopold WMA
2022:James L. Goodwin
1979:Wooster Mountain
1934:Talcott Mountain
1834:Quinnipiac River
1734:Mansfield Hollow
1569:Farmington Canal
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1589:Gay City
1554:Dinosaur
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