Established in 1937 by Executive Order 7784, the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge stretches across roughly 114,600 acres along the Texas Gulf Coast, near Austwell. Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge was created to protect coastal habitats that support countless wildlife species. It features a mosaic of landscapes including coastal prairies, freshwater and brackish ponds, oak woodlands,
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