Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge

Established December 27, 1954, through a donation by the Morton family, the 187-acre (0.76 km) Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge boasts exceptionally diverse habitats including bay beach, a brackish pond, a freshwater pond, kettle holes, tidal flats, salt marsh, freshwater marsh, shrub, grasslands, maritime oak forest, and red cedar. The refuge's diversity is critical to Long Island wildlife.