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Marsh Island Bird Refuge Purchase Marks Regional Plan
Mrs. Russell Sage bought Marsh Island for 150000 to create a bird refuge and aid a continental chain of refuges costing about 5000000. The island, 18 miles long and 65 miles of coast, hosts vast water bird colonies including herons egrets and ducks, with migratory golden plover routes long and far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ani
Woaseie An
Mound Bayou
Jean Lafitte
Louisia
Lafitte
Morrison
Cote Blanche Bay
Atchafalaya Bay
Marsh Island
Russell Sage
Mareh Island
Edward A. McIiherny
Charles Willis Ward
Frank Raymond Morrison
Vermilion Bay
Cote Blanche
Gulf
Indian Point
Louisiana
Ish Island
Melchenny
Ward
Michigan
Avery Island
McIlhenny
McKhenny
Ing Ee
Avery Amend
Arctic
Labrador
Nova Scotia
South America
Bermudas
Lesser Antilles
Argentina
Mississippi Valley