After NASA was given all of Merritt Island for its operations, it realized it would only need about 10% or so for most operations, and so handed off most of the northern part of the island to the Department of the Interior to manage as the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Normally open to the public, MINWR is a thriving environment with thousands of species, including some endangered, find a unique habitat in the brackish swamps. Public access is via road, and there are driving and hiking trails throughout the Refuge. MINWR is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail complex. The Snowy Egret is frequently seen at MINWR, and this is a picture of a flying egret coming in for a water landing in one of the many partly-salty ponds in the swamp.
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