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Big Pine Key

Local interest stories about Big Pine Key (soon to be renamed Big Iguana Key).
The island, people, wild life and life style.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Favorite Websites - National Key Deer Refuge

Refuge Facts:
Established: 1957.
Acres: 84,000.
Location: The refuge is located 100 miles southwest of Miami and 30 miles northeast of Key West, FL along U.S.#1.
Headquarters: On Big Pine Key in the Big Pine Key Plaza off Key Deer Boulevard.
Other management: 700 acres through the State CARL program, 200 acres owned by the Monroe County Land Authority. About a third of the uplands portion of NKDR is on Big Pine and No Name Keys.
Staff: 13 persons.
Visitors: More than 90,000 annually.
Current budget: (FY 05) $1,041,000.

You can find everything else you want to know about this refuge and Key Deer here.

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