Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

The Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve established under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 in 1992 to preserve the typical wet savannah landscape on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the USA .

The area is located near Grand Bay, Alabama in Mobile County and Jackson Counties between Pascagoula, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama and is expected to cover more than 32,000 acres , approximately 130 square kilometers, when completed. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The executive in charge also manages the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge and the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge . Access is limited, mostly by boat from the Mississippi .

Web links

• http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43617
• http://www.fws.gov/southeast/grandbayexpansion/
• http://www.panoramio.com/photo/449990

Coordinates: 30 ° 24 '  N , 88 ° 23'  W