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Outdoors: A Family of Volunteers at the Refuge
December 5th, 2010

Outdoors: Bird Walk Set for Monday Dec. 6
December 3rd, 2010

Outdoors: Join In the Great Suwannee River Cleanup Saturday
November 29th, 2010

Outdoors: Red-cockaded Woodpeckers Moved to New Home
November 1st, 2010

Outdoors: 25th Annual Coastal Cleanup Saturday
September 21st, 2010

Outdoors: Dolphin Research Team Needs Fish
June 13th, 2010

Outdoors: Business Spotlight: Dan May Island Adventure
May 26th, 2010

Outdoors: Nature Walk Monday
January 31st, 2010

Outdoors: Free State Park Admission on Veterans Day
November 6th, 2009

Outdoors: Shell Mound to be Temporarily Closed for Improvements
September 24th, 2009

Outdoors: Join International Coastal Cleanup and Cover Net Week in Cedar Key
September 17th, 2009

Outdoors: Youth Discover Shired Island in Refuge Program
August 24th, 2009

Outdoors: Learn About Scallops Saturday
June 2nd, 2009

Outdoors: Refuge Volunteer Receives Award
May 19th, 2009

Outdoors: Hunters Invited to Refuge Hunt Group Meeting
May 3rd, 2009

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Seahorse Key and Lighthouse Open Saturday

Seahorse Key and Lighthouse Open Saturday

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge Openhouse Set for July 5th

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge invites you to an openhouse on Seahorse Key Saturday, July 5th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Enhance your summer by getting the family outdoors into the spectacular Cedar Keys. Bring your camera, fish a little, walk along the beach, and enjoy the scenery.

The interior of Seahorse Key is normally closed to public entry, as are all posted refuge islands, so that nesting birds and other wildlife are not disturbed. Annually, a three hundred foot buffer is closed to all public access from March through June to provide more security to the rookery while mature birds nest and rear their young. On June 30th the closure ends; nesting time will be over and the fledglings will be flying. This celebration of wildlife is an opportunity to visit the otherwise closed Seahorse Key with staff present to answer questions.

The lighthouse on Seahorse Key, atop the 54-foot tall dune, offers great perspective for wildlife photography as the adult and juvenile birds fly by the tower. You'll see brown pelicans, ibis, cormorants, common and snowy egrets flying from the rookery. Eagles and osprey also visit throughout the day from their nearby nests.

Catch a tour boat from the city docks, rent a vessel, or take your own to Seahorse Key for a celebration of wildlife hosted by refuge staff. Enjoy the out of doors at the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, where wildlife comes first.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, of which the National Wildlife Refuge System is a part, is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people and their families.

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