Turkey Creek Sanctuary
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Turkey Creek is also a village in Louisiana
The Turkey Creek Sanctuary is a small nature reserve in the city of Palm Bay in Brevard County, Florida, and incorporates both wet hammock and sand pine ridge habitats. It has 1.85 miles (3Km) of boardwalk paths and 1.5 miles (2.4 Km) of jogging trails through native forest to Turkey Creek, an excellent site for seeing turtles as well as other local wildlife; there is a canoe deck on the creek. The creek is an important breeding ground for both salt and fresh water fish. The Sanctuary is part of the East Florida section of the Great Florida Birding Trail
The property was donated to the Florida Audobon Society and the city of Palm Bay in 1978, and fundraising to conserve the area began in 1981; by 1994 113 acres (46 hectares) was under the protection of the voluntary management committee. A nature center was opened in 1992. The park is open daily, from 7am to sunset.
