America’s First National Wildlife Refuge

A bird-loving farmer living near Florida’s Pelican Island helped spur the creation of a national system of wildlife refuges.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story America’s First National Wildlife Refuge.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published February 1, 2021
Data acquired January 5, 2021