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J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Nat'l Recreation Area
Nat'l Recreation Area

J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Florida · FL

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The J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida on Sanibel Island in the Gulf of Mexico. "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society (DDWS), a non-profit Friends of the Refuge organization, supports environmental education and services at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge. It is named after the cartoonist Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling.

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