Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge information

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location	Morgan, Limestone, and Madison Counties, Alabama, United States
Nearest city	Decatur, Alabama
Coordinates	34°33′28″N 86°57′06″W / 34.55778°N 86.95167°W
Area	34,430.66 acres (139.3359 km2)
Established	July 7, 1938
Visitors	700,000 (in 2003)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Wheeler NWR

The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000-acre (142 km²) national wildlife refuge (NWR) located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering and migrating birds in the Eastern United States.

Of the 35,000 acres of the refuge, about 4,085 acres (16.5 km²) are located within Redstone Arsenal. Around 1,500 acres (6 km²) of the Redstone Arsenal land are administered by the Marshall Space Flight Center. The facility has a 16-person staff with a $1,694,000 annual budget.^{[citation needed]}

Wheeler NWR is charged with the administration of four other NWRs, including Fern Cave, Key Cave, Sauta Cave and Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuges. Until recently, Wheeler NWR also administered the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (now administered by the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge).

^ "National Wildlife Refuges - Acres by State and Unit" (PDF). US Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ Executive order 7,926 by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 7, 1938. 3 FR 1669 (Published July 12, 1937).

[2015Size-1] "National Wildlife Refuges - Acres by State and Unit" (PDF). US Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

[2] Executive order 7,926 by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 7, 1938. 3 FR 1669 (Published July 12, 1937).

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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location	Morgan, Limestone, and Madison Counties, Alabama, United States
Nearest city	Decatur, Alabama
Coordinates	34°33′28″N 86°57′06″W / 34.55778°N 86.95167°W / 34.55778; -86.95167
Area	34,430.66 acres (139.3359 km²)^[1]
Established	July 7, 1938^[2]
Visitors	700,000 (in 2003)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Wheeler NWR