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Seventeen miles south of Lake Okeechobee and forty miles north of Everglades National Park, the 35,350-acre Holey Land Wildlife Management Area is part of the most northern extent of remaining Everglades sawgrass marsh. 

Former marsh to the north has been drained for agriculture while Stormwater Treatment Area 3/4 and the newly constructed Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir lie to the east.  Here you can hunt white-tailed deer, common snipe, and marsh rabbit. Blue-winged teal, mottled ducks, and other waterfowl are found in the sloughs in the northeastern portion of the area.

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Although the marsh is most easily traversed by airboats and tracked vehicles, the extensive network of levees and canals constructed for flood control and water supply afford ample opportunities for bird watching, fishing, hiking, and biking.
 

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