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Jodi:  Anyone who knows me is very aware that I would rather be at a beach than anywhere else on the planet.  I can honestly say that the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge [MINWR] is currently ranking second.  I think I could take the 7-mile Black Point Wildlife Drive every day and see something new.  It’s the type of place where anyone can go regardless of age and see the beauty that Florida has to offer.

David:  A very interesting place which owes, at least, some of its biological diversity to efforts to combat the salt marsh mosquito.  The various impoundments and water control practices have created areas where fresh and salt/brackish waters and wetlands are in close proximity.  This “best of both worlds” scenario allows for a host of species to exist in roughly the same place as we will see.

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