Management
Water levels are controlled in most of the refuge, to conserve its wide range of habitats. Controlled fires are used regularly.
Merritt Island acts as an administrative centre for a number of other NWRs in central Florida, which are operated as satellites from it, including:
- Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
- Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
- St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
- Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
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