Historical and Cultural Resources
at St. Marks NWR

Home to abundant and rare wildlife and providing many recreational opportunities, the St. Marks NWR also encompasses and manages significant cultural resources. The mission of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats. This includes protecting, conserving and interpreting many important national cultural resources.

In order to fulfill some of the goals the Refuge listed in their Comprehensive Conservation Plan, the Association received a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to produce and install a series of interpretive signs and informational brochures about some of the resources. Additional assistance was provided by refuge volunteers, the Florida Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Archaeological Research, the Wakulla County Historical Society, State Archives of Florida, Mays Leroy Gray, TexasBeyondHistory.net, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, and The University of Texas at Austin.