The reserve was established in 2002 and, after expansion in 2015,[2] has an area of 16,800 acres (68 km2).

[3] On land, the park provides nesting sites for gull-billed and least terns, nighthawks, oystercatchers, plovers, and a resident pair of ospreys.

Plants found at the park include buttonwoods, bay cedar, palmettos and sea oats.

The park's mangroves provide a nursery for crabs, crawfish, conch, mangrove snappers, yellowtails and groupers.

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