Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge

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Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area consisting of numerous islands and shorelines along the Ohio River, managed to conserve wildlife habitat and support migratory bird populations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
activityAllowed environmental education ⓘ
fishing in designated areas ⓘ
hunting in designated seasons and areas ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
conservationFocus control of invasive plant species ⓘ
improvement of water quality in the Ohio River ⓘ
island and shoreline habitat restoration ⓘ
protection of freshwater mussel beds ⓘ
contains mainland shoreline tracts ⓘ
river islands ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designation National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
ecosystemType backwater channels ⓘ
bottomland hardwood forest ⓘ
riparian habitat ⓘ
riverine islands ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
established 1990 ⓘ
governingBody U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
hasFeature visitor contact station near Williamstown, West Virginia ⓘ
IUCNCategory IV ⓘ
locatedIn Kentucky ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
managingAgency United States Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
nearestCity Parkersburg, West Virginia ⓘ
ownedBy United States federal government ⓘ
partOf National Wildlife Refuge System ⓘ
Ohio River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Ohio River basin
purpose conservation of wildlife habitat ⓘ
protection of endangered and threatened species ⓘ
protection of migratory birds ⓘ
region Appalachian region ⓘ
riverMileRange from near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to near Huntington, West Virginia ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
supportsSpecies Indiana bat ⓘ
bald eagle ⓘ
clubshell mussel ⓘ
freshwater mussels ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ
native fish species ⓘ
neotropical migratory songbirds ⓘ
pink mucket mussel ⓘ

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Wood County, West Virginia → hasFeature → Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Williamstown, West Virginia → hasAttraction → Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge headquarters ⓘ
linked to: Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge