MAYVILLE, WI (WTAQ) – Two islands in Lake Michigan have been added to the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Officials say the additions of Rocky and St. Martin islands will expand the refuge by almost 1,300 acres.
The Nature Conservancy has owned the 10-acre Rocky Island since 1986, and it bought most of St. Martin Island in recent years.
Numerous types of birds that fly over the Great Lakes stop at both islands each spring and fall. St. Martin Island also houses 400 species of plants.
There are now five islands in the Green Bay Refuge, which is part of a group of facilities that include the Horicon Marsh.
The islands are part of the Grand Traverse chain that runs from Door County to the Garden Peninsula in lower Michigan.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
