June is National Oceans Month. To celebrate, we will highlight great beaches across the country that are on public lands throughout the week.

The first photo come from the Oregon Coast, which is a popular summer destination.  Of the 180 marine and coastal refuges administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge complex has the highest visitation.  Oregon Islands Refuge includes more than 1,400 coastal islands, rocks, and reefs scattered along the 320 miles of the Oregon coast. Visitors are especially drawn to viewing more than a million seabirds that breed in the refuge. Nationwide, coastal and marine national wildlife refuges contributed at least $900 million to local economies in 2010, with National Park Service coastal units contributing an additional  3.5 billion.

Photo by by Roy Lowe, FWS