West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge

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National Wildlife Refuge bird sanctuary protected area

West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge is a protected bird sanctuary on a small island in western Lake Erie, renowned for its colonial nesting waterbirds and relatively undisturbed natural habitat.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge canonical	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ bird sanctuary ⓘ protected area ⓘ
accessPolicy	closed to general public ⓘ
allowedActivities	scientific research (by permit) ⓘ wildlife management ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
designation	National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ wilderness area ⓘ
developmentLevel	largely undeveloped ⓘ
establishedFor	habitat conservation ⓘ protection of colonial nesting waterbirds ⓘ protection of migratory birds ⓘ
governingBody	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
hasConservationObjective	maintenance of undisturbed habitat conditions ⓘ preservation of colonial waterbird nesting sites ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	coastal habitat ⓘ forested habitat ⓘ island ecosystem ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	wilderness under U.S. law ⓘ
hasPart	West Sister Island ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	federally protected area ⓘ
humanPresenceLevel	minimal ⓘ
islandName	West Sister Island ⓘ
IUCNCategory	Ia ⓘ
locatedIn	Lake Erie ⓘ western Lake Erie ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Ohio ⓘ Ottawa County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Great Lakes ⓘ Lake Erie Islands ⓘ surface form: Lake Erie Islands region
locatedOn	island ⓘ
managingOrganization	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ surface form: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
notableFor	colonial nesting waterbirds ⓘ large heron and egret rookeries ⓘ nesting cormorants ⓘ relatively undisturbed natural habitat ⓘ
partOf	National Wildlife Refuge System ⓘ
primaryUse	bird nesting habitat ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ
prohibitedActivities	camping ⓘ fishing from shore of the island ⓘ general public recreation ⓘ hunting ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Erie Islands → hasProtectedArea → West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

West Sister Island → partOf → West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ