Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge Location in the United States
Location	Matagorda County, Texas, United States
Nearest city	Bay City, Texas
Area	5,000 acres (20 km2)
Established	1983
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge

Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge (bottom left) along the coast of southeast Texas.

The Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA) in southeastern Matagorda County, south of the towns of Bay City and Wadsworth. It borders a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. Established in 1983 and encompassing 5,000 acres (20 km²) of salt marsh.

Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is for the birds. The refuge is only open to the public for waterfowl hunting season and for special activities.

Three national wildlife refuges on the Texas coast - Brazoria, San Bernard and Big Boggy - form a vital complex of coastal wetlands harboring more than 300 bird species.