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Kelly Family
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge. The Kelly family asked that a parcel of their land be set aside to protect resident and migrating wildlife. Although the
railroad stop of Kelly no longer exists and the railroad tracks are long gone, descendants of the Kelly family continue to farm in the area. Kellys Slough NWR has become internationally known as an excellent place to view migratory and
breeding waterbirds. Heavy use of the refuge and surrounding lands by shorebirds led to designation of Kellys Slough in 2003 as a site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. The wetlands are surrounded by large expanses of grass that provide nesting cover for waterfowl and also benefit numerous species of grassland birds. The addition of Waterfowl Production Areas, purchased with funds from the sale of "duck stamps" (Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps), has brought the total acreage under protection by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to more than 4,000 acres.
railroad stop of Kelly no longer exists and the railroad tracks are long gone, descendants of the Kelly family continue to farm in the area. Kellys Slough NWR has become internationally known as an excellent place to view migratory and
breeding waterbirds. Heavy use of the refuge and surrounding lands by shorebirds led to designation of Kellys Slough in 2003 as a site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. The wetlands are surrounded by large expanses of grass that provide nesting cover for waterfowl and also benefit numerous species of grassland birds. The addition of Waterfowl Production Areas, purchased with funds from the sale of "duck stamps" (Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps), has brought the total acreage under protection by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to more than 4,000 acres.
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