What Fuels You: Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

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Bon Secour, or "safe harbor" in French, National Wildlife Refuge protects some of the last coastal barrier habitat of southern Alabama.

In 1980, the refuge was established along the Fort Morgan Peninsula to protect neotropical migratory songbirds. The beach dunes and scrub habitats also provide a habitat for the endangered Alabama beach mouse.

Some wildlife has experienced habitat loss due to coastal development. Bon Secour NWR helps provide safe, protected spaces for wildlife with diverse plant micro-habitats.

Bon Secour NWR beaches are also a nesting site for loggerhead, green, and Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. The refuge provides on-site nest monitoring and protection as well as public ethics education as part of their conservation strategy.