The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the South Florida Water Management District enter into a license agreement under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, establishing Water Conservation Area 1 as a national wildlife refuge. The refuge was renamed the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in 1986.
Everglades Restoration Timeline
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