It was the only private land within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Teddy Roosevelt created that refuge in 1908. Credit Google maps.

Boaters from the Lower Keys often escape to the nearby islands of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge.. The refuge was created in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt to protect birds from plume ...

The 14-acre property eight miles west of Key West — deep in the heart of the wildlife refuge — was known among locals as “David’s island,” a recognition of the man they called Mr. Key ...

KEY WEST — The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is 100 years old, seemingly as pristine and wild as it was in 1908, when President Theodore Roosevelt made it part of his conservation legacy ...

The southernmost private island in the United States, owned since the 1970s by the late Key West philanthropist and visionary David Wolkowsky, will be preserved as part of the Key West National ...

Here are a few of the things we think will make your trip to the lower keys and Key West extraordinary. Rob Taylor. 10 Best Things to Do in Key West. ... Eco-tour to Key West National Wildlife Refuge.

Info Bulletin--Key West National Wildlife Refuge Temporary Closures – November 13th-16th, 2020The U.S. Fish and... Posted by Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex on Thursday, November ...

Florida environmental treasures from Key West to the Forgotten Coast are losing caretakers as federal budget cuts reduce employees at wildlife refuges and national parks. In Palm Beach County, the ...

We enter the lakes passage that runs due west through Key West National Wildlife Refuge and continue away from civilization, gliding over crystal-clear grass flats and passing Joe Ingraham and ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — The southernmost ... will be preserved as part of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge under an agreement struck after decades of negotiations. Wolkowsky, who died in September ...