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The 'Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge' is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located along a twenty mile (30 km) section of coastline from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach. The 900 acre (3.6 km²) refuge was established in 1991, to protect the Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtles. It is administered as part of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, through a partnership with the Archie Carr Working Group.
The refuge provides nesting habitats for approximately one-fourth of all sea turtles nesting in the United States. About 15,000- 20,000 sea turtles nests are laid annually, mostly loggerheads, green sea turtles, and some leatherbacks. The refuge also provides habitat for several other threatened and endangered species.

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★ Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service