 Since 2012 the Archie Carr NWR is administered as part of the "Everglades Headwaters NWR Complex", along with Pelican Island NWR, Lake Wales Ridge NWR, and the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area, through a partnership with the Caribbean Conservation Corporation (a nonprofit turtle conservation group founded by Dr. Archie Carr himself) and Archie Carr Working Group.The refuge provides nesting habitats for approximately one-fourth of all sea turtles nesting in the United States.About 15,000-20,000 sea turtles nests are laid annually, mostly loggerheads, green sea turtles, and some leatherbacks.