List of National Wildlife Refuges
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As of 30 July 2007, there were 548 National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the world's premiere system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants...

s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest one established is the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located approximately 16 miles northwest of Denver, Colorado. The site was previously occupied by the Rocky Flats Plant, a nuclear weapons production facility...

 in Colorado.http://www.fws.gov/refuges/generalInterest/rockyFlatsNWR.html

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    Alabama
    Alabama
    Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

     

    • Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
      Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
      Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in five separate units in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, directly west of Gulf Shores, Alabama on the Fort Morgan peninsula. The refuge serves as a resting and feeding area for migratory birds and as a sanctuary for native...

    • Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge
      Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge
      The Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge is a 4,218 acre National Wildlife Refuge located along the Tombigbee River near Coffeeville, Alabama...

    • Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
      Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
      Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is a 11,184 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Barbour and Russell counties in Alabama and Stewart and Quitman counties in Georgia. Eufaula NWR is located on the Walter F. George Lake along the Chattahoochee River between Alabama and Georgia...

    • Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
      Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
      Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern Alabama, near Anniston, Alabama on the former site of Fort McClellan...

      • Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
        Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
        The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a 3,577 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in central Alabama, along the Cahaba River downstream from Birmingham, Alabama. The refuge was established on September 25, 2002. Additional purchases were approved that will potentially increase the size of...

    • Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
      Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
      The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama...

      • Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in northeastern Alabama, near Paint Rock, Alabama in Jackson County....

      • Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge is a 1,060 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Alabama, along the Tennessee River downstream from Florence, Alabama. Additional purchases are under negotiation which will increase the size of the refuge to 1,800 acres .More than 6,000 visitors...

      • Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge is a 264 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in northeastern Alabama, near the Sauty Creek embayment of Guntersville Lake....

      • Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
        Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
        Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in Jefferson County, Alabama, within the city limits of Bessemer. Watercress Darter NWR consists of a pond known as Thomas Spring which is essential to the survival of the endangered watercress darter. A second pond...


    Alaska
    Alaska
    Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

     

    • Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
      Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
      The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of , of which is wilderness)...

    • Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
      Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
      The Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska whose use is regulated as an ecological-protection measure. It stretches along the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, between the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge on its east and...

    • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
      Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
      The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States. It consists of in the Alaska North Slope region. It is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, slightly larger than the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...

    • Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
      Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
      Becharof National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the Aleutian Range of the Alaska Peninsula of southwestern Alaska. Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, which covers an area of , was established in 1980 to conserve major brown bears, salmon, migratory birds, caribou, marine birds,...

    • Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
      Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
      The Innoko National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in western Alaska in the United States. It consists of 3,850,481 acres of which 1,240,000 acres is designated a wilderness area. It is the fifth-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. The refuge is administered from offices...

    • Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
      Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
      The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is the smallest of the National Wildlife Refuges located in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies on the northwest coastal side of central Aleutians East Borough. Most of the refuge was designated as Wilderness in 1980 under the Alaska National Interest Lands...

    • Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
      Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
      Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in central Alaska, United States. One of 16 refuges in Alaska, it was established in 1980 when Congress passed The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ....

    • Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
      Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
      The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is a 1.92 million acre wildlife preserve located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. The refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act...

    • Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
      Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
      The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in the Kodiak Archipelago in southwestern Alaska, United States....

    • Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
      Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
      The Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge lies within the floodplain of the Koyukuk River, in a basin that extends from the Yukon River to the Purcell Mountains and the foothills of the Brooks Range...

    • Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
      Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
      The heart of Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge is a lowland basin of forests and wetlands that forms the floodplain of the meandering Nowitna River. The Refuge's climate is typically marked by light precipitation, mild winds, long, hard winters and short, relatively warm, summers...

    • Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
      Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
      Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Alaska in the Waring Mountains was officially established in 1980 with the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ....

    • Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
      Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
      Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is a dynamic landscape made up of forests, wetlands, tundra, lakes, mountains and glacial rivers bounded by the snowy peaks of the Alaska Range. This upper Tanana River valley has been called the "Tetlin Passage," because it serves as a major migratory route for...

    • Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
      Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
      Dominated by the Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of Bristol Bay to the south, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge confronts the traveler with a kaleidoscope of landscapes. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient...

    • Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
      Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
      The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about in southwestern Alaska. It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is a coastal plain extending to the...

    • Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
      Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
      The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wetland area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It encompasses most of the Yukon Flats, a vast wetland area centered on the confluence of the Yukon River, Porcupine River, and Chandalar River...


    Arizona
    Arizona
    Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

     

    • Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge
      Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge holds one of the last stands of natural cottonwood-willow forests along the lower Colorado River, creating a unique ecosystem that provides good habitat for resident and migratory wildlife. There are few places where one can stand, look at a Saguaro...

    • Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
      Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
      Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge provides of habitat for threatened and endangered plants and animals. The refuge was established in 1985.-Natural history:...

    • Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
      Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
      The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona in the United States. The refuge, established in 1939 to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep, is located along of the U.S.-Mexico border, and covers 860,010 acres — larger than the land area of the state...

    • Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
      Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
      Cibola National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge in the floodplain of the lower Colorado River between Arizona and California and surrounded by a fringe of desert ridges and washes. The refuge encompasses both the historic Colorado River channel as well as a channelized portion...

    • Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
      Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
      Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California. It preserves habitat for desert bighorn sheep to the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher, birds and other animals. The refuge protects 30 river miles - of shoreline -...

    • Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
      Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
      The Imperial National Wildlife Refuge protects wildlife habitat along of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California, including the last un-channeled section before the river enters Mexico...

    • Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
      Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
      The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is located northeast of Yuma, Arizona, southeast of Quartzsite, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. The refuge, established in 1939 to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep, encompasses over of the Yuma Desert region of the Sonoran Desert...

    • Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge
      Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge
      The Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge area was established in 1988 to protect habitat for the endangered Yaqui Chub and Yaqui Topminnow...

    • San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge
      San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge
      The San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge is located on the U.S.-Mexican border in Cochise County, Arizona. Situated at 3,720 to elevation in the bottom of a wide valley, the refuge encompasses a portion of the headquarters of the Yaqui River, which drains primarily western Chihuahua and eastern...


    Arkansas
    Arkansas
    Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

     

    • Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
      Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is a 55,000 acre wildlife refuge in the state of Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is one of the Ramsar wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971...

      • Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge
        Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge
        The Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,800 acre wildlife refuge located in White County, Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service....

    • Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
      Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
      The Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge is a 64,902.14 acre wildlife refuge located in south-central Arkansas in Ashley, Bradley, and Union counties. It is the world's largest green tree reservoir....

      • Overflow National Wildlife Refuge
        Overflow National Wildlife Refuge
        Overflow National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in Ashley County, Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.Overflow National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1980. It lies west of Wilmot, Arkansas...

      • Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        The Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a 27,300 acre wildlife refuge located in Sevier County, Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service....

    • Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
      Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
      Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge is a 6,486 acre wildlife refuge located 5 miles southeast from Dardanelle, Arkansas.The Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge is bounded on one side by the Arkansas River and on its other sides by an oxbow lake that was formerly the main channel of the Arkansas...

      • Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge
        Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge in Benton County, Arkansas became the 455th National Wildlife Refuge on March 14, 1989 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This Ozark Mountain refuge, which includes a limestone-solution cave, is located west of Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately ...

    • Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge
      Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge
      The Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,484 acre wildlife refuge in Crittenden County, Arkansas, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service....

      • Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,038 acre wildlife refuge located in Mississippi County, Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service....

    • White River National Wildlife Refuge
      White River National Wildlife Refuge
      The White River National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in Desha, Monroe, Phillips, and Arkansas counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service....


    California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

     

    • Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area in the Coachella Valley, located east of Palm Springs near Palm Desert, California...

    • Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge
      Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge
      Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge is half a mile offshore from Crescent City in northern California. This coastal rock covers approximately , and rises steeply above sea level. The refuge provides an important sanctuary for Aleutian Canada geese and nesting seabirds.It is, in fact, known as the...

    • Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
      Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
      Grasslands Wildlife Management Area lies within the San Joaquin River basin and supports the largest remaining block of wetlands in the Central Valley, containing of private wetlands and associated, and surrounding of state and federal lands...

    • Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of California.-Refuges within the complex:* Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge* Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        The Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located in the foothills of the southwestern San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. The refuge is one of four units of the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex for California condors....

      • Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
        Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
        Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Sierra Nevada, in Tulare County, California. The refuge is one of four units of the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex for California condors.-Geography:...

      • Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
        Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
        Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge is located in Ventura County, in southern California. It is bordered by the Los Padres National Forest and the Sespe Condor Sanctuary to the north. The refuge was established in 1974 to protect the endangered California condor, its habitat, and other...

      • Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
        Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
        The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Refuge is located along the southern coast of California, in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and farmland to the east, the refuge encompasses one of the largest coastal dune systems remaining in California.The refuge...

    • Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located on Humboldt Bay, on the California North Coast near the cities of Eureka and Arcata. The refuge exists primarily to protect and enhance wetland habitats for migratory water birds using the bay area, including tens of thousands of shorebirds, ducks,...

      • Lanphere Dunes
        Lanphere Dunes
        The Lanphere Dunes, a unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, is located in Humboldt County, California. Its placement adjacent to Humboldt Bay and near the cities of Arcata and Eureka makes it easily accessible to visit...

    • Kern National Wildlife Refuge
      Kern National Wildlife Refuge
      Kern National Wildlife Refuge is located in the southern portion of California's San Joaquin Valley, 20 miles west of the city of Delano. Situated on the southern margin of what was once the largest freshwater wetland complex in the western United States, Kern National Wildlife Refuge provides...

    • Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex
      Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex
      The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California near Klamath Falls, Oregon...

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      • Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern California consists of approximately of open water surrounded by over of upland bunchgrass, low sagebrush, and juniper habitat...

      • Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
        Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
        The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in the Klamath Basin along a portion of the northern California and southern Oregon border near Klamath Falls, Oregon...

      • Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        The Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in the Klamath Basin in northern California near the Oregon border south of Klamath Falls, Oregon....

    • Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
      Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
      Modoc National Wildlife Refuge is home to more than 250 species of birds and a variety of other wildlife. Located in a high-altitude desert valley on the western edge of the Great Basin in Modoc County, California, the refuge is part of a large complex of mid-altitude wetlands and lakes in...

    • North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area
      North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area
      Located within 11 counties in the Sacramento Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California, North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area consists of conservation easements acquired on privately-owned wetlands...

    • Pixley National Wildlife Refuge
      Pixley National Wildlife Refuge
      Pixley National Wildlife Refuge is located south of Tulare, California and north of Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley. The nature refuge represents one of the few remaining examples of the grasslands, vernal pools, and playas that once bordered historic Tulare Lake, the largest lake west of...

    • Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges . It is located in northern California, in the valley of the Sacramento River....

      • Butte Sink National Wildlife Refuge
        Butte Sink National Wildlife Refuge
        Butte Sink National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in California. Located in Colusa, Butte, and Sutter Counties, it is wetlands managed as part of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex.-References:*...

      • Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area
        Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area
        Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area has the highest concentration of waterfowl per acre in the world. Located in the Sacramento Valley of California, it includes the Butte Sink National Wildlife Refuge and conservation easements acquired on adjacent private lands...

      • Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
        Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
        Colusa National Wildlife Refuge is one of six refuges in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex located in the Sacramento Valley of north-central California. The refuge is about north of the metropolitan area of Sacramento....

      • Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
        Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
        The Delevan National Wildlife Refuge is one of six refuges in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in the Sacramento Valley of north-central California. The refuge is approximately north of Sacramento and consists of over of intensively managed wetlands and of uplands.More than...

      • Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
      • Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge
        Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge
        Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge is located along the Sacramento River in the Sacramento Valley of California. Landscape is very flat, bordered by the Sierra and Coast ranges, with intensive agriculture...

      • Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
        Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
        Sutter National Wildlife Refuge, the southern-most refuge in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, is located in the Sacramento Valley of California, about north of the metropolitan area of Sacramento...

    • San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge is an urban refuge located on San Diego Bay in San Diego County, California. It is part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex...

    • San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
      San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
      San Diego National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in California. It is part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex.A variety of habitats from coastal sage scrub and chaparral to oak woodland and freshwater marsh describe this inland refuge in San Diego's backcountry.The...

    • San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of California.-Refuges within the complex:*Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge*Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
        Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
        Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is a sensitive sand dune habitat located near the city of Antioch, California on the south shore of the San Joaquin River. It serves as a refuge for three endangered species of plants and insects, and is closed to the public except for tours and events...

      • Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a US National Wildlife Refuge located in the southern part of San Francisco Bay, California. The Refuge headquarters and visitor center is located in the Baylands district of Fremont, next to Coyote Hills Regional Park, in Alameda County. ...

      • Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge
        Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge
        Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge is located in Santa Cruz County, California within the Monterey Bay area. The refuge, established in 1975 to protect the endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, supports two of the eight known breeding populations of the salamander.The threatened...

      • Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
      • Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      • Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge
        Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge
        Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge is located approximately 11 miles north of Monterey, California and 3 miles south of Castroville, California at the point where the Salinas River empties into Monterey Bay. The 367 acre refuge encompasses several habitat types including sand dunes, pickleweed...

      • San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in California established in 1970. It extends along the northern shore of San Pablo Bay from the mouth of the Petaluma River to Tolay Creek, Sonoma Creek and ends at Mare Island...

    • San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex is managed by the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service and is composed of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge and the Grasslands Wildlife Management Area which consists of nearly of...

      • San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
        San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
        The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in the San Joaquin Valley of central California is one of the great remnants of a historically bountiful wintering grounds for migratory waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway...

      • Merced National Wildlife Refuge
        Merced National Wildlife Refuge
        The Merced National Wildlife Refuge encompasses of wetlands, native grasslands, vernal pools, and riparian areas. It was established in 1951 under the Lea Act to attract wintering waterfowl from adjacent farmland where their foraging was causing crop damage...

      • San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
        San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
        The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge encompasses more than of riparian woodlands, wetlands, and grasslands that host a diversity of wildlife native to California's Central Valley...

      • Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
        Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
        Grasslands Wildlife Management Area lies within the San Joaquin River basin and supports the largest remaining block of wetlands in the Central Valley, containing of private wetlands and associated, and surrounding of state and federal lands...

    • Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
      Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
      The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge encompassing located in the California coastal community of Seal Beach. Although it is located in Orange County it is included as part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex...

    • Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
      Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
      The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located north of the Mexican border at the southern end of the Salton Sea in California’s Imperial Valley. Situated along the Pacific Flyway, the Refuge is the only one of its kind, located below sea level...

    • Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
      Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
      The Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, located south of Sacramento, California, lies within the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, the destination of thousands of migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and other water birds...

    • Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
      Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
      Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge is located in the most southwestern corner of the contiguous United States. It is part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex. It was established in 1980....

    • Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area
      Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area
      Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area is located in the Sacramento Valley of California. The landscape is very flat, bordered by the Sierra and Coast ranges and surrounded by intensive agriculture...


    Colorado
    Colorado
    Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

     

    • Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
      Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
      The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is an United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The site is located in the San Luis Valley along the east side of the Rio Grande approximately southeast of Alamosa primarily in southeastern Alamosa County, although very small parts...

    • Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
      Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
      The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in north central Colorado. The refuge is located in North Park in central Jackson County south of the town of Walden. The refuge was established in 1967 to furnish waterfowl with a suitable place to nest and...

    • Baca National Wildlife Refuge
      Baca National Wildlife Refuge
      The Baca National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. It is located on the lands of the Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4 near Crestone, Colorado in the San Luis Valley in southern Saguache and northern Alamosa counties, about northeast of the town...

    • Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
      Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
      Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Colorado. It is located in Moffat County in the extreme northwestern corner of the state, in an isolated mountain valley of Browns Park on both sides of the Green River, approximately below Flaming...

    • Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
      Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
      The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located approximately 16 miles northwest of Denver, Colorado. The site was previously occupied by the Rocky Flats Plant, a nuclear weapons production facility...

    • Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
      Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
      Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The refuge is located in the San Luis Valley approximately 10 miles west of the town of Alamosa in southeastern Rio Grande and western Alamosa counties, in the watershed of the Rio Grande...

    • Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
      Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
      The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located adjacent to Commerce City, Colorado, approximately northeast of downtown Denver...

    • Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
      Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
      Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge is one of the smallest units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge is located in the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The refuge consists of of land, including of uplands, of wetlands, and 3 small ponds...


    Delaware
    Delaware
    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

     

    • Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
      Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
      The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978 acre National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway...

    • Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
      Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
      Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is an inviolate sanctuary expressly for migratory birds, located in Milton, Delaware. It was established in 1963 on along the western shore of Delaware Bay...

    • Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge
      Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge
      Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge was a National Wildlife Refuge located on the east bank of the Delaware River adjacent to the current Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. It had originally been established in 1934 as a secondary sludge disposal site for use by the Army Corps of Engineers...

       (status revoked by Congress in October 1998)

    Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

     

    • Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
      • Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
        Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
        The Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, a part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, is located on Jupiter Island in Florida. Part of the refuge is inside the town of Jupiter Island, while the rest is in the unincorporated aress of Martin County. The refuge was established in...

    • Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
      Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
      The 30,843 acre Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located on the west coast of Florida, about seventy miles north of St. Petersburg...

      • Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
        Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
        The Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in Kings Bay, in the town of Crystal River, and consists of 20 islands and several small parcels of land. The refuge was established in 1983, to protect the West Indian Manatee...

      • Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
        Egmont Key State Park
        Egmont Key State Park is a Florida State Park located on Egmont Key, at the mouth of Tampa Bay, in the state of Florida, United States. It lies southwest of Fort DeSoto Park. It can only be reached by boat or ferry. The Egmont Key Lighthouse and the ruins of Fort Dade, a Spanish-American War era...

      • Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge
        Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge
        The Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located offshore from St. Petersburg. The refuge was established in 1905...

      • Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
        Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
        The Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located off shore from mainland St. Petersburg, Florida, and only accessible by boat. The refuge was established in 1951, to act as a breeding ground for colonial bird species. Islands within the...

    • Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
      Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
      The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida, twenty miles east of Naples, in the upper segment of the Fakahatchee Strand of the Big Cypress Swamp...

    • J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge
      J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge
      The J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida, on Sanibel Island in the Gulf of Mexico. It is named for the cartoonist Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling....

      • Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
        Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
        The Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located on the Caloosahatchee River, beneath the I-75 Caloosahatchee Bridge, within the city of North Fort Myers. The refuge was established on January 1, 1921. It is administered as part of...

      • Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        The Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in the Cape Haze area of Charlotte County. The refuge was established on October 23, 1908....

      • Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
        Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
        The Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located within the Matlacha Pass estuary, approximately 8 miles northwest of Cape Coral, Florida. The 538 acre refuge was established on September 26, 1908. It is administered as part of the J.N...

      • Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge
        The Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located on the southwest coast of Florida south of Charlotte Harbor, north of Sanibel Island in Pine Island Sound on La Costa Island. The refuge was established on September 15, 1908. It is...

    • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
      Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
      The Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in north central Florida, twenty-five miles west of Daytona Beach, off U.S. Highway 17 in DeLeon Springs....

    • Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
      Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
      The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System. It is located in southeastern Dixie and northwestern Levy counties on the western coast of Florida, approximately fifty miles southwest of the city of Gainesville.The wildlife refuge was...

      • Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
        Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
        The Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located near Cedar Key, at the western end of SR 24. The refuge was established in 1929....

    • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is an important U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the Atlantic coast of Florida. It is also a 'gateway site' for the Great Florida Birding Trail.-Location and extent:...

      • Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
        Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
        The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located along a twenty mile section of coastline from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach, Florida along Florida State Road A1A. The 900 acre refuge was established in 1991, to protect the...

      • Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
        The Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in four separated areas on the Lake Wales Ridge east of US 27 between Davenport and Sebring Florida. The 1,194 acre refuge was established in 1990, to protect a host of plants and...

      • Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located just off the western coast of Orchid Island in the Indian River Lagoon east of Sebastian, Florida. The refuge consists of a island that includes an additional of surrounding water and is located off the...

      • St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
        St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
        The St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located off SR 50 just west of Titusville. The 6,255 acre refuge was established in 1971 to protect the now extinct Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens. It is administered as...

    • National Key Deer Refuge
      National Key Deer Refuge
      The National Key Deer Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Big Pine Key and No Name Key in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida....

      • Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        The Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in north Key Largo, less than 40 miles south of Miami off SR 905...

      • Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
        Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
        The Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in a region known as the 'Backcountry', which reaches from north of Marathon to north of Key West. It is along the north side of the Keys in that area that border the Gulf of Mexico...

      • Key West National Wildlife Refuge
        Key West National Wildlife Refuge
        The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Monroe County, Florida, between Key West, Florida and the Dry Tortugas . Only 2,019 acres of land are above sea level, on several keys within the refuge. These keys are unpopulated and are also designated...

    • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
      Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
      The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 402,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Charlton, Ware, and Clinch Counties of Georgia, and Baker County in Florida, United States. The refuge is administered from offices in Folkston, Georgia. The refuge was established in 1937 to protect...

       (administered in Georgia)
    • St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
      St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
      St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is one of the oldest wildlife refuges in the United States. Established in 1931 as a wintering ground for migratory birds, it encompasses 68,000 acres spread between Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor Counties in the state of Florida.The refuge includes several Gulf...

    • St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
      St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
      The St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in northwestern Florida, on the barrier island of St. Vincent, off the coast of Apalachicola....

    • Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      Ten Thousand Islands (Florida)
      The Ten Thousand Islands are a chain of islands and mangrove islets off the coast of southwest Florida, between Cape Romano and the mouth of Lostman's River. Some of the islands are high spots on a drowned shoreline. Others were produced by mangroves growing on oyster bars...


    Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

     

    • Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
      Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
      Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is a 11,184 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Barbour and Russell counties in Alabama and Stewart and Quitman counties in Georgia. Eufaula NWR is located on the Walter F. George Lake along the Chattahoochee River between Alabama and Georgia...

    • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
      Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
      The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 402,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Charlton, Ware, and Clinch Counties of Georgia, and Baker County in Florida, United States. The refuge is administered from offices in Folkston, Georgia. The refuge was established in 1937 to protect...

      • Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        The Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a 4,049 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Lanier County, Georgia. Banks Lake is a natural pocosin or sink of ancient geologic origin...

    • Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
      Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
      Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge is primarily an upland forest dominated by loblolly pine on the ridges with hardwoods found along the creek bottoms and in scattered upland coves. Clear streams and beaver ponds provide ideal wetland habitat for wood ducks and other wetland dependent species...

      • Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
        Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
        Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, located south of Macon, Georgia, was established in 1989 to protect, maintain and enhance the forested wetland ecosystem of the Ocmulgee River floodplain. It opened to the public in 2000 and currently consists of situated along the fall line separating the...

    • Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
      Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
      The Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex administers seven wildlife refuges between Georgia and South Carolina. Over 56,000 acres of refuge land along a 100 mile coast line are administered by the complex.The complex includes seven refuges:...

      • Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
        The Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,618 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in McIntosh county in Georgia. The refuge was established to provide a nature and forest preserve for esthetic and conservation purposes....

      • Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
        Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
        The Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1962 by transfer of federal lands formerly managed by the Federal Aviation Administration as a World War II Army airfield. It consists of of saltwater marsh, grassland, mixed deciduous woods, and cropland.HNNWR is located in McIntosh...

      • Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
        Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
        The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is a 29,175 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina. Of the total area, is in Georgia and is in South Carolina...

      • Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
        Wassaw Island
        Wassaw Island is one of the Sea Islands. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia and is part of Chatham County. The island and its surrounding marshlands are part of the Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, which has a total area of of marsh, mudflats, and tidal...

      • Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, located approximately off the coast of Darien, Georgia in McIntosh County, was established on April 3, 1930 to provide protection and habitat for migratory birds. The barrier island refuge consists of Wolf Island and two smaller islands, Egg and Little Egg...


    Hawaii
    Hawaii
    Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

     

    • Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a protected wildlife refuge administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service located on Hawaii Island in the state of Hawaii. It consists of Hakalau Forest on the windward side of Mauna Kea and Kona Forest on the western side of Mauna...

      • Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
        Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
        Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is one of two units, along with the Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge that is managed as part of the Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex...

      • Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge
    • Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
    • Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Hawaii.-Refuges within the complex:*Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge*Huleia National Wildlife Refuge*Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge-Reference:*...

      • Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
        Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
        The Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is located within the Hanalei River Valley along the island's northern shore...

      • Huleia National Wildlife Refuge
        Huleia National Wildlife Refuge
        The Hulēia National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is adjacent to the Menehune Fish Pond, a registered National Historic Landmark, on the southeast side of the island. The Hulēia Refuge is approximately of bottomlands and wooded slopes along the...

      • Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the northwest coast of the island of Kauai in Hawaii.-History:Kīlauea Lighthouse was built in 1913. In 1976, the Coast Guard deactivated the lighthouse and replaced it with an automatic beacon...

    • Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Hawaii.-Refuges within the complex:*Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge*Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge-Reference:*...

      • Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge
        Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge
        Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1977 to permanently protect wetland habitat for endangered endemic waterbirds and wintering migratory wetland birds and to maintain the structural integrity of an ancient Hawaiian fishpond.-Location:...

      • Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
        Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
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    • Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Hawaii.-Refuges within the complex:*James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge*Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge-Reference:*...

      • James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
        James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
        James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1976 to permanently protect an ecologically-intact unit to provide habitat Hawaii’s four endangered waterbirds, the alae kea , koloa maoli , alae ula James Campbell National...

      • Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge
        Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge
        Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge was established in 2000 “. . . to conserve fish or wildlife which are listed as endangered species or threatened species . . . or plants . . .” The refuge encompasses approximately and is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. -Landscape:The Refuge is...


    Idaho
    Idaho
    Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

     

    • Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
      Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
      The Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge is an important breeding area for mammals, birds, and other animals. The National Wildlife Refuge is located on land surrounding Lake Lowell, just outside Nampa, Idaho...

    • Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge
      Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge
      Located from the Canadian border and from the town of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge is bordered by the rugged Selkirk Mountains to the west, the Kootenai River, Deep Creek to the east, and State lands to the south....

    • Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Idaho.-Refuges within the complex:*Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge*Camas National Wildlife Refuge*Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeast Idaho, seven miles south of Montpelier. Surrounded by mountains, it lies in Bear Lake Valley at an elevation ranging from on the marsh to on the rocky slopes of Merkley Mountain...

      • Camas National Wildlife Refuge
        Camas National Wildlife Refuge
        About half of the Camas National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Idaho consists of lakes, ponds, and marshlands; the remainder is grass sagebrush uplands, meadows, and farm fields. Camas Creek flows through the length of the refuge....

      • Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge has the largest hardstem bulrush marsh in North America. Located in a high mountain valley near Soda Springs in southeastern Idaho, the refuge and surrounding mountains offer incredible scenic vistas, wildflowers, and fall foliage displays. Lands adjacent to the ...

      • Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge
        Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge
        Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Snake River Plain in south-central Idaho, northeast of Rupert. It includes about of shoreline around Lake Walcott, from Minidoka Dam upstream about ....

    • Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
      Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
      Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area is in Franklin and Bannock counties on the edge of Oxford in southeast Idaho. It was purchased to protect redhead nesting habitat. The area is largely hardstem bulrush marsh, interspersed with open water and surrounded by areas of playa, saltgrass flats,...


    Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

     

    • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
      Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
      The Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River in Mason County northeast of Havana, Illinois. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as one of the four Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges....

    • Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
      Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
      Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States. Its land and water contain a wide...

    • Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      The Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Cache River watershed in southernmost Illinois, largely in Pulaski County, but with extensions into Union, Alexander, and Johnson counties. The refuge was established in 1990 under the authority of the Emergency Wetlands Resource Act of...

    • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
    • Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex was established for the protection of migratory birds including waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds. It is located along the Mississippi Flyway, one of the major routes for migrating waterfowl...

    • Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
      Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
      The Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge located along the Illinois River in Cass County and Morgan County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The refuge is adjacent to Meredosia, Illinois, but is managed by the U.S...

    • Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
      Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Mississippi River downstream from St. Louis, Missouri. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex....

    • Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
      Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
      The Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River and the Mississippi River in parts of Calhoun, Jersey, and Greene counties in Illinois, and St. Charles County, Missouri. It is managed by the U.S...


    Indiana
    Indiana
    Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

     

    • Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
      Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
      Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge is a nature preserve in southeast Indiana, USA near Madison, Indiana. The refuge is the largest of Indiana's three, and is located in parts of Ripley, Jefferson, and Jennings counties....

    • Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
      Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
      The Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located three miles east of Seymour, Indiana, on U.S. Route 50. Established in 1966, it comprises in its main area of eastern Jackson and western Jennings counties, and an additional in northwestern Monroe County, near...

    • Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area
      Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area
      The Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area established in 1994, is a collection of wildlife refuges and habitats situated along the Patoka River in Gibson and Pike Counties in Southwestern Indiana. It consists mostly of the main body refuge along nearly 40 miles of the river's...


    Iowa
    Iowa
    Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

     

    • DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
      DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
      |DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1958, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska. The 8,362-acre refuge preserves an area that would had been otherwise lost to cultivation...

    • Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
      Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
      Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois...

    • Iowa Wetland Management District
      Iowa Wetland Management District
      The Iowa Wetland Management District is part of Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge but is very different from other wetland management districts. Under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the State manages many of the waterfowl production areas in the...

    • Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
    • Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
      Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
      Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Mississippi River at the border of Illinois and Iowa. The refuge is east of Wapello, in Louisa County, Iowa and in Mercer County, Illinois.- External links :*...

    • Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
      Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
      Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, located in Kossuth County, Iowa, was established in 1938 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for waterfowl and other migratory birds. The actual slough is all that remains of a pre-glacial riverbed, and its name is derived from the connection or "union" of...


    Kansas
    Kansas
    Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

     

    • Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
      Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
      Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located north and east of the city of Hartford, Kansas, United States, in northwestern Coffey and southeastern Lyon Counties. It was established in 1966 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, John Redmond Reservoir flood control...

    • Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
      Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
      Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge , located near Kirwin, Kansas, United States, was established in 1954 for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources, particularly migratory birds....

    • Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
      Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
      Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge is located 39 miles south of the Kansas City metropolitan area, along the Marais des Cygnes River in Linn County...

    • Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
      Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
      Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is located in south central Kansas near the town of Stafford. It lies mostly in northeastern Stafford County, but small parts extend into southwestern Rice and northwestern Reno Counties. Its proximity to the Central Flyway migration route and the salt marshes on...


    Louisiana
    Louisiana
    Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

     

    • Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge
      Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge
      Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 to preserve waterfowl habitat and hardwood forest of the lower Mississippi river. The refuge is located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, southwest of Vidalia, Louisiana...

    • Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge was established on October 27, 2000 as the 526th refuge in the United States National Wildlife Refuge System. It is located near the town of St. Francisville, Louisiana, which is north of Baton Rouge...

    • Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
      Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
      Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge, located in east central Louisiana, east of Jena, was established in 1958 as a wintering area for migratory waterfowl. The refuge contains divided into two units. The Headquarters Unit borders nine miles of the northeast shore of Catahoula Lake, a natural...

    • East Cove National Wildlife Refuge
      East Cove National Wildlife Refuge
      East Cove National Wildlife Refuge is located south of Lake Charles, Louisiana along the southeast shore of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish. It is accessible only by boat.-Wildlife and habitat:...

    • Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
      Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
      Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1988 to protect the Mississippi/Red River floodplain ecosystem. The refuge is located in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, east central Louisiana...

      • Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge
        Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge
        The Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1989 as part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. It is a reserve located in Avoyelles Parish, near Marksville, Louisiana, in the United States.-Natural history:...

    • Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge
      Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge
      Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge established in 1996, is located in Terrebonne Parish, southwest of Houma, Louisiana. It is one of eight refuges of the South East Louisiana Refuges Complex ....

      • Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
        Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
        Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge is located in the coastal Louisiana towns of Franklin, Garden City and Centerville on Bayou Teche. The refuge is forested with bottomland hardwoods and cypress-gum forests. The refuge was established in St. Mary Parish in 2001...

    • North Louisiana Refuge Complex
      North Louisiana Refuge Complex
      North Louisiana Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Louisiana.-Refuges within the complex:* Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge* D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge* Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge is one of five refuges managed in the North Louisiana Refuges Complex and one of 545 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System. It was established in 1997 through a unique partnership with the city of Monroe, Louisiana. The U.S...

      • D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge
        D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge
        D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge is located north of West Monroe, Louisiana, in Ouachita and Union Parishes on either side of Bayou D'Arbonne near its confluence with the Ouachita River. It lies on the western edge of the Mississippi Alluvial valley. It was established in 1975 to protect...

      • Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge
        Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge
        Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge is located just north of Bastrop, Louisiana in Morehouse Parish, north central Louisiana. The refuge was established in 1988 with the southeast's first fee title transfer of a Farmer's Home Administration tract to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

      • Louisiana Wetland Management District
        Louisiana Wetland Management District
        The Louisiana Wetland Management District was established in September 1990 in response to growing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service responsibilities on lands that were off traditional refuges. These include Farmer's Home Administration and fee title tracts, leases and work on private lands. The...

      • Red River National Wildlife Refuge
        Red River National Wildlife Refuge
        The Red River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 2001 and will ultimately consist of approximately of US Federal lands and water along that section of the Red River between Colfax, Louisiana and the Arkansas state line, a distance of approximately...

      • Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge
        Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge
        Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge was establishe in 1978 and is located Union and Morehouse Parishes in northern Louisiana.-Wildlife and habitat:...

    • Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Louisiana.-Refuges within the complex:* Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge* Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge
        Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge
        The Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge is located about west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and one mile east of Krotz Springs, Louisiana lies just east of the Atchafalaya River...

      • Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
        Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
        Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge is a region of fresh and brackish marshes located within the city limits of New Orleans. It is the largest urban wildlife refuge in the United States.-Location:...

      • Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
        Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
        Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge was formed in 1994. It is composed of of pine flatwoods, oak rides and coastal marsh. This diverse habitat is an example of the natural coastline of Lake Pontchartrain surrounded by fast developing communities....

      • Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
        Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
        Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge is located northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana and encompasses of Pearl River Basin swampland.-History:...

      • Breton National Wildlife Refuge
        Breton National Wildlife Refuge
        Breton National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern Louisiana in the offshore Breton Islands and Chandeleur Islands. It is located in the Gulf of Mexico and is accessible only by boat...

      • Delta National Wildlife Refuge
        Delta National Wildlife Refuge
        The Delta National Wildlife Refuge is located east of Venice, Louisiana along the Mississippi River. The area formed when a breach in the natural levee of the Mississippi River occurred in 1862 approximately below New Orleans, Louisiana. The refuge was purchased in 1935 with the primary purpose...

      • Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge
        Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge
        Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge is located is located in the offshore waters to the west of the Atchafalaya River Delta, south of Marsh Island Wildlife...

    • Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Louisiana.-Refuges within the complex:* Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge* Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge* Sabine National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
        Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
        Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge is located approximately southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in north central Cameron Parish. It contains that include fresh marsh, coastal prairie, and old rice fields...

      • Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
        Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
        Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge is located in Cameron and Evangeline Parishes in southwestern Louisiana, was established in 1937 by Executive Order No. 7780 as "a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife." The refuge is nearly in size, including leased from the Cameron...

      • Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
        Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
        Sabine National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana. It is on Louisiana State Route 27, south of Hackberry and north of Holly Beach...

    • Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
      Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge is located in Madison, Tensas, and Franklin parishes in northeastern Louisiana, west of the city of Tallulah.-Wildlife and Habitat:...


    Maine
    Maine
    Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

     

    • Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
      Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
      Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is located on part of the former Loring Air Force Base, in Aroostook County, Maine. It was established in 1998, when were transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge also administers some of wetland...

    • Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area
      Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area
      Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area is a artificial pond and wetland located in the town of Troy in Waldo County, Maine. The pond is formed by an earthen dam which backs up Carlton Brook...

    • Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Petit Manan, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.Cross Island NWR has a surface...

    • Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on Franklin Island outside Muscongus Bay in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Petit Manan, Cross Island, Seal Island, and Pond...

    • Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
      Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
      Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is one of the northernmost National Wildlife Refuges in the Atlantic Flyway, a migratory route that follows the eastern coast of North America...

    • Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
      Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
      Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Cross Island, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.Petit Manan NWR has a surface...

    • Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, and Seal Island.Pond Island NWR has a surface...

    • Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
      Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
      The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge made up of several parcels of land along of Maine's southern coast...

    • Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge is a mile-long island off the coast of Maine near Matinicus Island. It is home to colonies of many types of seabirds, including Atlantic Puffins, Great Cormorants, Arctic Terns, Common Terns, and guillemots...

    • Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Town of Milford, Penobscot County, Maine, approximately fourteen miles north of Bangor. The refuge was established in 1988 to ensure the ecological integrity of the Sunkhaze Meadows peat bog and the continued availability of its wetland,...


    Maryland
    Maryland
    Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

     

    • Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Maryland located near the Delmarva Peninsula.-Refuges within the complex:* Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge* Martin National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
        Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
        The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the critical migration highway called the Atlantic Flyway...

      • Martin National Wildlife Refuge
        Martin National Wildlife Refuge
        Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge includes the northern half of Smith Island , which lies west of Crisfield, Maryland, and Watts Island, , which is located between the eastern shore of Virginia and Tangier Island. Both islands are situated in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The Refuge was...

      • Susquehanna River National Wildlife Refuge
        Susquehanna River National Wildlife Refuge
        Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge is located on a small island less than in size located at the mouth of the Susquehanna River in Harford County, Maryland. It is a satellite Refuge managed by Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge...

    • Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
      Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
      Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, a part of the Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, is a island located at the confluence of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay...

    • Patuxent Research Refuge
      Patuxent Research Refuge
      Established in 1936 by executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Patuxent Research Refuge is the only National Wildlife Refuge in the United States established to support wildlife research. With land surrounding the Patuxent and Little Patuxent Rivers between Washington, D.C...

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    Massachusetts
    Massachusetts
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

     

    • Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
      Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
      Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, formerly referred to as the U.S. Army's Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex, is a parcel of land located approximately west of Boston, and west of the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters. It is located in portions of the...

    • Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      The Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge, is a twelve-mile long river wetlands conservation area, in two major parcels, stretching from the towns of Billerica, Massachusetts to Wayland, Massachusetts , along the Concord and Sudbury rivers...

    • Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
      Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
      The Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Massachusetts. Established in 1995, it is administered by the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Complex...

    • Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge
      Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge
      Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1983 to conserve the Federally endangered Plymouth Red-bellied Turtle, as well as other wildlife and plant species. The Refuge encompasses in Plymouth, Massachusetts...

    • Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
      Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
      Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge is federal wildlife refuge located on Monomoy Island in Massachusetts.- History :It was taken over by the US government just before World War II. The island was home to the Monomoy Island Gunnery Range until 1944 when the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge was...

    • Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
      Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
      Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge is a range and was established in 1975 for its "particular value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program." The refuge, which is cooperatively managed with The Trustees of Reservations, encompasses at Great Point...

    • Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
      The Nomans Land Island Wildlife Refuge, is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located on Nomans Land, a island off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. It is part of the town of Chilmark, in Dukes County. The Island is long east to west, and about north to south. Nomans Land...

    • Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
      Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
      Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge is located in north-central Massachusetts, approximately northwest of Boston, Massachusetts. The refuge lies within the towns of Ayer and Shirley in Middlesex County and the towns of Harvard and Lancaster in Worcester County...

    • Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
      Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
      Parker River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1942 primarily to provide feeding, resting, and nesting habitats for migratory birds. Located along the Atlantic Flyway, the refuge is of vital stopover significance to waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds during migratory periods.The refuge...

    • Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
      Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
      Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge was established in 1997 to conserve, protect and enhance the abundance and diversity of native plant, fish and wildlife species and the ecosystems on which they depend throughout the Connecticut River watershed. The watershed covers large areas of...

    • Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Thacher Island near Rockport, Massachusetts. It is managed under the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service currently does not offer any interpretive facilities or programs at...


    Michigan
    Michigan
    Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

     

    • Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
      Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
      The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife refuge in North America. It was established in 2001 and is managed jointly by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service. The refuge is located along the western coast of Lake...

    • Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
      The Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge is a horseshoe-shaped island and National Wildlife Refuge in Potagannissing Bay north of Drummond Island in the U.S. state of Michigan...

    • Huron National Wildlife Refuge
    • Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area
    • Michigan Wetland Management District
      Michigan Wetland Management District
      The Michigan Wetland Management District consists of a 14-county area and includes three waterfowl production areas : the Schlee WPA and the Mahan WPA in Jackson County and the Kinney WPA in Van Buren County. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, oversees day-to-day...

    • Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      The Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for eight Michigan islands in the North American Great Lakes. Owned by the United States federal government, they were set aside for ecosystem protection purposes by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943.Charity, Little Charity,...

    • Seney National Wildlife Refuge
      Seney National Wildlife Refuge
      The Seney National Wildlife Refuge is a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It has an area of 95,212 acres . It is bordered by M-28 and M-77. The nearest town of any size is Seney, Michigan...

    • Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
      Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
      The Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,427 acre National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw County managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It is located in the central portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, approximately 25 miles south of the Saginaw Bay in...


    Minnesota
    Minnesota
    Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

     

    • Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
      Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
      Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Minnesota. Packs of wolves, moose, waterfowl, and 294 species of birds make this refuge a wildlife wonderland....

    • Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
      Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
      Straddling the headwaters of the Minnesota River in extreme west-central Minnesota, Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge is within the heart of the tallgrass prairie's historic range...

    • Big Stone Wetland Management District
      Big Stone Wetland Management District
      The purpose of Big Stone Wetland Management District is to acquire and manage Waterfowl Production Areas in Lincoln and Lyon Counties. District staff also serve private land resource interests by providing technical assistance for United States Department of Agriculture programs and restoring...

    • Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 to preserve a large, natural wetland complex. The refuge is located in central Minnesota and serves as an important stop for many species of migrating birds...

    • Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
      Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
      Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District is located in northwest Minnesota and includes the counties of Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, and Polk - an area of approximately . The district is divided into three general landscape areas, roughly equal in size...

    • Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
      Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
      The Fergus Falls Wetland Management District was established in 1962 with the initiation of the Accelerated Small Wetlands Acquisition Program. It is located in west central Minnesota and includes the counties of Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena and Wilkin....

    • Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
      Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
      Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge was created on October 12, 2004, the 545th National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. Its creation was the result of cooperation between at least 30 agencies or governmental entities. The creation of the refuge was spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy,...

    • Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
      Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
      Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge is an area in Minnesota, United States. Eastern Hardwood forests stretching from the Atlantic seaboard give way to the western prairie at the area, near Audubon, Minnesota. Prior to settlement, its diverse vegetation was attractive to wildlife: waterfowl,...

    • Litchfield Wetland Management District
      Litchfield Wetland Management District
      Litchfield Wetland Management District is located on the eastern edge of the Prairie Pothole Region in central Minnesota. Here, just a little south of the famous mythological Lake Wobegone where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," more...

    • Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
      Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
      Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge is a 0.57 acre National Wildlife Refuge in central Minnesota. The refuge consists solely of two small islands in Mille Lacs Lake, and is the smallest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. It was created on May 14, 1915 to preserve breeding habitat for...

    • Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge in central Minnesota. There are eight refuge units strung along of the Minnesota River. Located just south of the city of Minneapolis, this is one of only four American national wildlife refuges in an urban...

    • Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District
      Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District
      The Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District is a fourteen-county district located in east central Minnesota. It includes portions of the Minnesota, Cannon, and Mississippi River watersheds....

    • Morris Wetland Management District
      Morris Wetland Management District
      The Morris Wetland Management District includes 244 waterfowl production areas, encompassing over scattered throughout an eight-county area. Like other wetland management districts in the prairie states, the goal of the Morris District is to restore and protect sufficient wetland and grassland...

    • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
      Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
      Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge was established to provide a means of working with individuals, groups, private organizations, and government entities to permanently preserve a portion of the remaining remnant tracts of northern tallgrass prairie in Minnesota and Iowa...

    • Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      The Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935 and is located in the scenic forest and bog area of northern Minnesota. Visitors can enjoy a range of habitats, including lake, river, bog and hardwood forest....

    • Rydell National Wildlife Refuge
      Rydell National Wildlife Refuge
      The Rydell National Wildlife Refuge is an National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Minnesota, located just west of Erskine in Northwestern Minnesota. It was established in 1992, and receives more than 7,800 visitors each year...

    • Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
      Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
      Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The habitat it protects is a mix of oak savanna, Big Woods, and wetlands. The St. Francis River flows through the eastern side of the park...

    • Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
      Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
      Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge covers and lies in the glacial lake country of northwestern Minnesota in Becker County, northeast of Detroit Lakes. It was established in 1938 as a refuge breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife....

    • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
      Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
      The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a . 261 river mile long National Wildlife Refuge located in and along the Upper Mississippi River. It runs from Wabasha, Minnesota in the north to Rock Island, Illinois in the south....

    • Windom Wetland Management District
      Windom Wetland Management District
      The Windom Wetland Management District acquires and manages Waterfowl Production Areas, enforces wetland easements, and provides conservation assistance to landowners in 12 southwestern Minnesota counties...


    Mississippi
    Mississippi
    Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

     

    • Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
      Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
      Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge is located northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana and encompasses of Pearl River Basin swampland.-History:...

    • Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge
      Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Coldwater National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Mississippi, 4 ½ miles south of the town of Crowder. Established in 2000, this small refuge consists of within an acquisition boundary of . The centerpiece of the refuge is 25 old catfish ponds ranging in size from 9 to and totaling ....

    • Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
      Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
      The Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1975 to safeguard the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane and its unique disappearing wet pine savanna habitat. The refuge consists of more than in four units and is now part of the Gulf Coast National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 to protect one of the largest expanses of undisturbed pine savanna habitats in the Gulf Coastal Plain region. The refuge is located near Grand Bay, Alabama in Mobile County, Alabama and...

    • Mississippi Wetlands Management District
      Mississippi Wetlands Management District
      Mississippi Wetlands Management District is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Mississippi. It was established in 1989 and manages lands in 26 counties in the northern part of the state.-Refuges within the complex:...

      • Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
        Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
        Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge is located southwest of Cleveland, Mississippi. It was established in 1990 when the Nature Conservancy purchased and leased the land back to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for management. In 1993, the Service completed acquisition of the TNC lands...

      • Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge
        Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge
        The Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1990 and consists of in Grenada and Tallahatchie Counties. Topography is relatively flat and land has been subject to extensive clearing and drainage. Upon acquisition the refuge lands consited mostly of agricultural fields. Since then,...

    • Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
      Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
      Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the U.S. state of Mississippi, in Noxubee, Oktibbeha, and Winston Counties . The refuge serves as a resting and feeding area for migratory birds and as example of proper land stewardship...

    • St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established in January 1990 to preserve, improve and create habitat for waterfowl. Intensive management programs on the refuge provide excellent winter habitat and resting areas for waterfowl in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.Encompassing nearly...

    • Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex is the largest refuge complex in the state of Mississippi. Over 100,000 acres of refuge lands on seven refuges, including 13,000 acres of refuge-managed Farmers Home Administration lands, provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife in the...

      • Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
        Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
        Hillside National Wildlife Refuge is an oasis of wildlife habitat surrounded by agriculture. Bounded on the east side by the unique loess bluffs of eastern Mississippi, this refuge was named to reflect its location at the base of the bluffs. The refuge was established in 1975 and provides...

      • Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
        Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
        The Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located near Darlove, Mississippi. The Refuge was named after Holt Collier, a Confederate veteran, cowboy, and tracker and was created in order to provide a habitat and resources for over 250 songbirds...

      • Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
        Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
        Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge encompasses in west-central Mississippi. Established in 1980, the refuge is one of seven national wildlife refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The primary habitat feature is Mathews Brake, the largest brake in Leflore County...

      • Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge
        Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge
        Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge is one of seven refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In addition to the typical bottomland habitats of the Mississippi Delta, Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge includes a unique mile of north-facing loess bluffs on the east...

      • Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
        Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
        Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is one of seven refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Mississippi. Established in 1978, Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge encompasses . Included in those acres is one of the largest blocks of bottomland forest in the lower...

      • Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge
        Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge
        Established in 2004, the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Mississippi. Although the acquisition boundary for Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge has been proposed near Onward, Mississippi, the land exchanges...

      • Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
        Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
        The Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge is a 12,941 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Washington County, Mississippi. Named after the Yazoo tribe, it was established to provide waterfowl and other migratory birds in the Mississippi Flyway with nesting, feeding, brooding, and resting habitat.The...


    Missouri
    Missouri
    Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

     

    • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
      Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
      The Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge was established in 1994, and has grown to over . Like pearls on a string, these acres are spread out as individual units along the Missouri River between Kansas City and St. Louis. These pearls of habitat benefit floodplain-dependent fish and wildlife...

    • Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
      Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
      The Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge is located in the floodplain of the Mississippi River, adjacent to Pool No. 25. The refuge's diversity of habitats supports waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, and songbirds...

    • Great River National Wildlife Refuge
      Great River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Great River National Wildlife Refuge protects approximately along of the Mississippi River, stretching north of St. Louis, Missouri. Three separate units are located in the floodplain, on both the Illinois and Missouri sides of the river....

    • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
      Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
      The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is a 21,676 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Stoddard and southeastern Wayne counties in Missouri. Its southwesternmost portion lies on the shores of Lake Wappapello...

    • Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge
      Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge
      The Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge is a 40 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Lawrence County, Missouri, twenty miles west of Springfield...

    • Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge
    • Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Missouri, USA, established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife....

    • Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Swan Lake National Wildlife RefugeSwan Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established by Executive Order 7563 on February 27, 1937. Purchase of 10,670 acres began at that time...


    Montana
    Montana
    Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

     

    • Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the central portions of the U.S. state of Montana. It lies in northern Cascade County, just north of the city of Great Falls. It is part of the larger Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes the Lost Trail National Wildlife...

      • Benton Lake Wetland Management District
        Benton Lake Wetland Management District
        Benton Lake Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of Montana and is the largest wetland district in the nation. Covering an area of 25,000 square miles the district extends from the Canadian border to Helena, Montana and from the east boundary of Glacier National Park and...

    • Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
      Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
      Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Bowdoin NWR was established in 1936 as a migratory bird refuge. It is located in the short and mixed grass prairie region of North-central Montana and encompasses . The Refuge lies about northeast of Malta in the Milk River...

      • Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
        Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
        The Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge is located in the state of Montana near the Canadian border. This very remote refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge is managed from Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge. A gated gravel road leads to the...

      • Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
        Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
        The Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern region of the U.S. state of Montana. This very remote refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge consists of only 80 federally owned acres , while the remaining 2,500 acres is an...

      • Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        The Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern region of the U.S. state of Montana. This refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge consists of 1,680 acres of which only half is federally owned, while the rest is an easement with...

      • Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge
        The Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern region of the U.S. state of Montana. This refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge consists of 3,560 acres , and is managed from Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge...

    • Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
      Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
      Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge surrounds Fort Peck Reservoir and at 1,100,000 acres is the largest refuge in Montana, United States. Created in 1936, the refuge was named after famed painter of the American West, Charles M. Russell...

      • Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge
        Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge
        Located in the central section of the U.S. state of Montana, the Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge is an integral part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is managed from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. A 300 acre lake helps provide some of the finest...

      • Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Located in the central section of the U.S. state of Montana, the Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge is an integral part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is managed from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge provides nesting habitat for...

      • Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge is located in the center of the U.S. state of Montana. The refuge has numerous lakes and extensive marshlands along Willow Creek, which provide nesting habitat for over a hundred bird species. Managed from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, the...

      • War Horse National Wildlife Refuge
        War Horse National Wildlife Refuge
        War Horse National Wildlife Refuge, located in the center of the U.S. state of Montana, is divided into three separate sections, with each centered around a small body of water. It is an integral part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex, although the refuge is normally...

      • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
        UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
        UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge is a 56,048 acre protected area that is located in central Montana, United States. The refuge, located at the extreme southernmost tip of Phillips County, is managed and bordered on three sides by the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and the Fort Peck...

    • Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
      Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
      The Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge is located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Montana. Renamed after the late U.S. Senator Lee Metcalf from its original title in 1978, the refuge encompasses 2,800 acres . The refuge was primarily established to protect habitat for migratory...

    • Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the far northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Montana. The refuge was established in 1935 to protect habitat for various wildlife and especially migratory birds. 235 distinct bird species have been documented and of these 125 are known to...

      • Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge
        Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge
        Lamesteer National Wildlife refuge is a small easement refuge of 800 acres and is located in eastern Montana in the United States. The refuge is protected to preserve habitat for migratory birds that frequent the Lamesteer Reservoir. The refuge is unstaffed and is managed from Medicine Lake...

    • National Bison Range Complex
      National Bison Range Complex
      National Bison Range Complex includes the Lost Trail, Ninepipe, Pablo and the Swan River National Wildlife Refuges as well as the Northwest Montana Wetland Management District. All of the refuges and associated lands are managed from the National Bison Range by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, an...

      • National Bison Range
        National Bison Range
        The National Bison Range is a National Wildlife Refuge located in western Montana established in 1908 to provide a sanctuary for the American bison. The NBR is one of the oldest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States. The size of the bison herd at the NBR is relatively small, numbering...

      • Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge
        Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge
        Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Montana and consists of 7,885 acres . Established in 1999, it is one of the newest National Wildlife Refuges in the U.S. and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior...

      • Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge
        Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge
        Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1921 and is located within the Flathead Indian Reservation 5 miles south of Ronan, Montana, United States...

      • Northwest Montana Wetland Management District
        Northwest Montana Wetland Management District
        The Northwest Montana Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of Montana and is an integral part of the National Bison Range Complex along with four other wildlife refuges and the National Bison Range. The district comprises numerous small wetland environments set aside primarily...

      • Pablo National Wildlife Refuge
        Pablo National Wildlife Refuge
        Pablo National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1921 and is located within the Flathead Indian Reservation 2 miles south of Polson, Montana, United States...

      • Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
        Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
        The Swan River National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northwestern section of Montana in the United States. The refuge was primarily set aside to protect prime habitat for various species of birds and particularly waterfowl. The refuge does not have a permanent staff and is managed from the...

    • Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
      Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
      Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is a remote refuge located in the high altitude of the Centennial Valley, in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Montana. Adjacent to Gallatin National Forest and near Yellowstone National Park, the refuge is an integral part of the Greater...


    Nebraska
    Nebraska
    Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

     

    • Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
      Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
      Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1996, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The 3,350-acre refuge preserves an area that had been cultivated and neglected before the early 1990s...

    • Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 45,818 acres . The refuge contains the largest protected continuous sand dunes in the U.S. A dozen small lakes and numerous ponds are fed by underground aquifers in areas where the sand dunes are below...

    • DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
      DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
      |DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1958, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska. The 8,362-acre refuge preserves an area that would had been otherwise lost to cultivation...

    • Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
      Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
      Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 19,131 acres . The refuge borders the Niobrara National Scenic River on the west and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From 1879 to 1906, the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation was...

    • John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge
      John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge
      John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 2,400 acres . The refuge protects a portion of the largest remaining area of tall and mid grass prairie remaining in the U.S. Collectively known as the Sand Hills region of Nebraska, the dunes...

    • North Platte National Wildlife Refuge
      North Platte National Wildlife Refuge
      North Platte National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 5,047 acres . Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is broken into four separate sections that are superimposed on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation–managed lakes and reservoirs...

    • Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District
    • Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
      Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
      Valentine National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 19,131 acres . The refuge protects a portion of the largest remaining area of tall and mid grass prairie remaining in the U.S. Collectively known as the sand hills region of Nebraska, the dunes were the...


    Nevada
    Nevada
    Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

     

    • Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
      The Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge on Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake, Nevada. The refuge was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 as a sanctuary for colonial nesting birds. It is home to one of the two largest colonies of Pelicans—American White Pelicans—in the...

    • Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north and west of Las Vegas, Nevada in northwestern Clark, southwestern Lincoln, and southern Nye counties in southern Nevada...

      • Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
        Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
        The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located west-northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, in southern Nye County...

      • Desert National Wildlife Refuge
        Desert National Wildlife Refuge
        The Desert National Wildlife Range is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in northwestern Clark and southwestern Lincoln counties, with much of its land area lying within the southeastern section of the Nevada Test and...

      • Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge
        Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge
        The Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located in the Warm Springs Natural Area in the Moapa Valley of Clark County, Nevada...

      • Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
        Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
        The Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, located at the southern end of the Pahranagat Valley and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is situated north of Las Vegas, Nevada in Lincoln County, Nevada...

    • Fallon National Wildlife Refuge
      Fallon National Wildlife Refuge
      Fallon National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1931 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals. It is located in the Lahontan Valley of western Nevada, at the terminus of the Carson River...

    • Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      The Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southwestern Elko County and northwestern White Pine County in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. Established in 1938, it encompasses 37,632 acres of wetlands in Ruby Valley, just east of the Ruby...

    • Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
      Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
      Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Lahontan Valley, near the community of Fallon, Nevada, sixty miles east of Reno.The Stillwater wetlands are well-known to birders, as this area has been designated a site of international importance by the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve...

    • Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a management unit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It comprises two wildlife refuges, the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in Oregon and the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, that are managed as a single...

       (NV and OR)
      • Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge
        Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge
        The Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Nevada. A very small part extends northward into Oregon. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as the Nevada component of the Sheldon-Hart Mountain...


    New Hampshire
    New Hampshire
    New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

     

    • Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 and is located along the eastern shore of New Hampshire's Great Bay in the town of Newington. The area was formerly part of weapons storage area at Pease Air Force Base, which was closed in 1991....

    • John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
    • Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
    • Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
      Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
      Wapack National Wildlife Refuge was New Hampshire's first refuge and was established through a donation in 1972. The refuge is located about west of Nashua, New Hampshire and encompasses the North Pack Monadnock Mountain...


    New Jersey
    New Jersey
    New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

     

    • Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
      Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
      The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area on the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...

    • Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
      Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
      The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern New Jersey along the Atlantic coast north of Atlantic City, in Atlantic and Ocean counties. The refuge was created in 1984 out of two existing refuge parcels created to protect tidal...

    • Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
      Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
      The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey. Established in 1960, it is one of more than 550 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System.The refuge was declared a National Natural Landmark in May 1966...

    • Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
      The Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge. A component of the Delaware River estuary in Salem County, New Jersey, it just north the Salem River and south of Pennsville....

    • Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
      Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
      Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge is part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.Established in 1990 by Public Law 101-593, the refuge straddles of the Wallkill River at and just south of the New York-New Jersey border. Most of the refuge is in Sussex County, New Jersey, with the remainder...

       (shared with NY)

    New Mexico
    New Mexico
    New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

     

    • Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in two separate sections in central Chaves County, New Mexico, USA, a few miles northeast of the city of Roswell. Both sections lie on the banks of the Pecos River...

    • Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
      Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
      The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge , in southern Socorro County, New Mexico, is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It sits near the Rio Grande astride New Mexico Route 1, formerly U.S. Highway 85. The refuge was founded in 1939....

    • Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
      Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
      Grulla National Wildlife Refuge is located primarily in eastern New Mexico in Roosevelt County, southwest of the intersection of State Highway 88 and the Texas - New Mexico border about 25 miles southeast of Portales, New Mexico and southeast of the tiny community of Arch...

    • Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
      Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
      With the Rocky Mountains to the west, the Great Plains to the east, and the Chihuahuan Desert to the south, Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a diversity of habitats...

    • Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
      Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
      The Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge, located in the high central plains of northeastern New Mexico, was established in 1965 as a feeding and resting area for migratory birds. Over of the refuge are planted with wheat, corn, barley, and alfalfa to provide food for resident and migratory wildlife...

    • San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
      San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
      The San Andres National Wildlife Refuge is located in the southern San Andres Mountains of southcentral New Mexico, USA. The mountain range, which lies within the northernmost extension of the Chihuahuan Desert, rises to an elevation of 8,229 feet at San Andres peak...

    • Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
      Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
      The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area of New Mexico managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It is located in the Chihuahuan desert 20 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico...


    New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

     

    • Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
      Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
      The Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in Genesee and Orleans Counties in the western part of New York. The refuge is between the cities of Buffalo and Rochester....

    • Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of New York. All of the component refuges are located on Long Island. The Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of seven national wildlife refuges, one refuge sub-unit and one wildlife...

      • Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge
        Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge
        The Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, in Amagansett, New York, graces the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on Long Island's south fork. Established December 16, 1968, the refuge is of special significance in the protection and management of fragile shore habitat and wildlife...

      • Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
        The Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge was established July 20, 1971 as a land gift from Stanley Howard. The refuge is located in the hamlet of North Sea on the north shore of Long Island's south fork...

      • Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
        Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
        Established December 27, 1954, through a donation by the Morton family, the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge boasts exceptionally diverse habitats including bay beach, a brackish pond, a freshwater pond, kettle holes, tidal flats, salt marsh, freshwater marsh, shrub, grasslands,...

      • Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        The Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge on the north shore of Long Island consists of high quality marine habitats that support a variety of aquatic-dependent wildlife. The refuge's waters and marshes surround Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, home of Theodore Roosevelt - father of the National...

      • Sayville National Wildlife Refuge
        Sayville National Wildlife Refuge
        Sayville is a sub-unit of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge. This sub-unit is located in West Sayville, New York, about two miles inland from the Great South Bay. It is the only land-locked refuge in the complex. Sayville consists primarily of oak-pitch pine forests interspersed with grasslands....

      • Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
        Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
        Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge is located in the hamlet of Islip, New York, on the south shore of Long Island and is managed as part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The refuge consists of bordering the Great South Bay, separated from the Atlantic Ocean only by Fire Island...

      • Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
        Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
        The Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge is located just east of the village of Lloyd Harbor, New York, on the north shore of Long Island, east of New York City....

      • Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
        Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
        The Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge is located on the south shore of Long Island and is one of the undeveloped estuary systems on Long Island. Its main purpose was to organize the refuge so it would protect the Carmans River Estuary for all migratory birds. Wertheim hosts a variety of habitats...

    • Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
      Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
      Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, encompassing part of the Montezuma Swamp at the north end of Cayuga Lake...

    • Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
      Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
      The Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in Ulster County, New York, USA.Formerly the Galeville Military Airport, it was decommissioned in 1994 and turned over to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999...

    • Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
      Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
      Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge is part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.Established in 1990 by Public Law 101-593, the refuge straddles of the Wallkill River at and just south of the New York-New Jersey border. Most of the refuge is in Sussex County, New Jersey, with the remainder...

       (shared with NJ)

    North Carolina
    North Carolina
    North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

     

    • Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
      Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge was established on March 14, 1984, to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type—the pocosin—and its associated wildlife species.The Refuge attracts visitors worldwide for its red wolf howling programs....

      • Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the north end of North Carolina's Hatteras Island, a coastal barrier island and part of a chain of islands known as the Outer Banks, adjacent to Cape Hatteras National Seashore...

    • Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1960 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl, primarily the greater snow goose. Located between Back Bay in Virginia and the Currituck Sound in North Carolina, the refuge is primarily made up of marsh habitat...

      • Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
        Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
        Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, located on the northern end of North Carolina's Outer Banks, was established in 1984 to preserve and protect the coastal barrier island ecosystem...

    • Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
      Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
      The Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge is a federally protected wildlife refuge located within Hyde County, North Carolina, USA. North Carolina's largest natural lake, Lake Mattamuskeet, is located entirely within the National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge has a total area of 50,173.93 acres...

      • Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge, located in Carteret County, North Carolina, is on the end of a peninsula marking the southern end of Pamlico Sound. The refuge lies five miles east of the Atlantic Ocean and about northeast of Beaufort, North Carolina...

      • Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
        Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
        The Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge is located in Hyde County, North Carolina near the village of Swan Quarter. This is a federally protected land, home to many species of wildlife and waterfowl. The refuge is administered from the nearby Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge...

    • Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
      Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
      Situated along the Pee Dee River, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge contains in Anson and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. The refuge was established to provide wintering habitat for migratory waterfowl....

    • Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
      Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
      The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, North Carolina. Its headquarters is located in Columbia, NC....

    • Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge
      Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge
      Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1989 to protect and enhance wooded wetlands consisting of bottomland hardwoods and swamps with high waterfowl value along the Roanoke River...


    North Dakota
    North Dakota
    North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

     

    • Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of numerous National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Districts in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Altogether, twelve separate areas are in the complex, with the Chase Lake Prairie Project being the largest at...

      • Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge
        Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge
        Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Arrowwood NWR is a part of the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex, and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge parallels 16 miles of the James River and is a mixture of wetlands,...

        • Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Refuge was established by Executive Order 8122, signed on May 10, 1939 by President Franklin D...

           (easement refuge)
      • Arrowwood Wetland Management District
        Arrowwood Wetland Management District
        Arrowwood Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Arrowwood WMD is a part of the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex, and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

      • Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The majority of the land area of the refuge has been designated as wilderness and is known as the Chase Lake Wilderness. The refuge is one of the oldest in the U.S., having been set aside in 1908. The refuge has more...

      • Chase Lake Wetland Management District
        Chase Lake Wetland Management District
        Chase Lake Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The district is located in what is known as the prairie–potholes region of lakes and ponds, which were left behind by the retreat of glaciers at the end of the last ice age...

        • Halfway Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Halfway Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Halfway Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and consists of 160 acres The refuge is a privately owned easement refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is closed to the public and was established to protect habitat for...

           (easement refuge)
      • Valley City Wetland Management District
        Valley City Wetland Management District
        The Valley City Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and consists of 76,000 acres . The wetland district is a substation of the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex, overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

        • Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a Easement Refuge located in Barnes County, North Dakota five miles west of Valley City. The refuge is divided in half by Interstate Highway 94 running east and west. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service owns in fee title and the remaining acres are...

           (easement refuge)
        • Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and consists of 1,077 acres . Sibley Lake is a privately owned easement refuge, managed with by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge was established to protect habitat for migratory bird species,...

           (easement refuge)
        • Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge
          Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge
          Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,000 acre easement refuge with 1,120 acres owned in fee title and the remaining area of 880 acres covered by easement. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service fee title of 1,120 acres allows some wetland and upland management...

           (easement refuge)
        • Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge
          Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge
          The Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and consists of 440 acres . Tomahawk NWR is a privately owned easement refuge, managed with by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge was established to protect habitat for migratory bird species,...

           (easement refuge)
    • Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and consists of numerous National Wildlife Refuges, all of which are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but some are on privately owned land, and are known as Easement Refuges. Landowners generally...

      • Audubon National Wildlife Refuge
        Audubon National Wildlife Refuge
        The Audubon National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and consists of 14,735 acres . The refuge is managed with by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is the centerpiece of the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes numerous other refuges in the...

        • Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is located on privately owned land and has no public facilities....

           (easement refuge)
        • Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge
          Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge
          The Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge consists of Hiddenwood Lake and surrounding farmland with a combined total of...

           (easement refuge)
        • Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge
          Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge
          The Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Lake Nettie and Mud Lake are located in the refuge approximately 5 miles west of Turtle...

           (easement refuge)
        • Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge
          Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge
          The Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is located on privately owned land and has no public facilities. Lake Otis is located in...

           (easement refuge)
        • Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge
          Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge
          The Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service....

           (easement refuge)
        • Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service....

           (easement refuge)
        • McLean National Wildlife Refuge
          McLean National Wildlife Refuge
          The McLean National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is a small Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge was originally named Lake Susie National Wildlife Refuge. It lies in northwestern McLean...

           (easement refuge)
        • Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge
          Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge
          The Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is an Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This isolated refuge is 10 miles south of New Leipzig, North Dakota and has been known as a...

           (easement refuge)
        • Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is an Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service....

           (easement refuge)
        • Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is an Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is very isolated and is situated on Stewart Lake, a prime waterfowl production area....

           (easement refuge)
        • White Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          White Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The White Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is an Easement Refuge managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is very isolated and is situated on White Lake, a prime waterfowl production area....

           (easement refuge)
      • Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and is managed from Audubon National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge consists of Lake Ilo, surrounding wetlands and some upland range, providing habitat for hundreds of species of...

    • Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of North Dakota.-Refuges within the complex:* Crosby Wetland Management District** Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge* Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Crosby Wetland Management District
        Crosby Wetland Management District
        The Crosby Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The district is located in the extreme northwestern section of North Dakota, along the border with Canada and the state of Montana. Within the district is the Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge, 96 parcels of...

        • Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge
          Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge
          The Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge is located in Williams County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The refuge consists of Lake Zahl and numerous other smaller lakes, providing habitat for many species of waterfowl....

      • Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
        Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
        The Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and extends from the Canadian border to near the town of Kenmare, North Dakota along Des Lacs Lake. Des lacs is from the French wording Riviere des Lacs, or River of the lakes. The refuge was established in 1935 and...

      • Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge
        Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge
        The Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and extends from the Canadian border to the neighboring state of Montana. The refuge manages two other refuges and two wetland management districts. The refuge also includes the Lostwood Wilderness which comprises...

      • Lostwood Wetland Management District
        Lostwood Wetland Management District
        The Lostwood Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and extends from the Canadian border and to the neighboring state of Montana. The district consists almost exclusively of privately owned property, and landowners work cooperatively with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

        • Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge
          The Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The lake is mainly privately owned and is managed from Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge....

           (easement refuge)
    • Devils Lake Wetland Management District
      Devils Lake Wetland Management District
      Devils Lake Wetland Management District is located in the heart of the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States. The District was established in 1962 to purchase and protect wetland habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife in northeastern North Dakota...

      • Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge
        Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge
        Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Walsh County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Brumba National Wildlife Refuge
        Brumba National Wildlife Refuge
        Brumba National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Towner County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge
        Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge
        Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge was established to develop and manage a system of wetlands and grasslands that is unique to the Red River Valley. The Refuge supports a diversity of wetland and grassland wildlife, while providing for wildlife-dependent recreation, interpretation, and...

      • Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge is located in Ramsey and Towner Counties near the former town of Church's Ferry, North Dakota. These watersheds cover of land and provide ample water to Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Nelson County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge
        Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge
        Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Benson County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Towner County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Nelson County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Benson and Ramsey counties in North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Towner County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Nelson County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
        Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
        Sullys Hill National Game Preserve is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the shore of Devil's Lake in Benson County, North Dakota, within the lands of the Spirit Lake Tribe...

      • Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Benson County, North Dakota. It is managed under Devils Lake Wetland Management District.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
    • J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
      J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
      J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge is located along the Souris River in Bottineau and McHenry Counties in north-central North Dakota. The refuge of extends from the Manitoba border southward for approximately in an area which was once Glacial Lake Souris...

      • Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Not to be confused with Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge Once buffalo grazed the shortgrass prairie seen today at Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Randall County of the Texas Panhandle. Once a lake reflected the clouds. The buffalo vanished. The lake has dried...

         (easement refuge)
      • Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in McHenry County, North Dakota. It is managed under J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Bottineau and Rolette counties, North Dakota. It is managed under J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Rolette County, North Dakota. It is managed under J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • School Section Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        School Section Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        School Section Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Rolette County, North Dakota. It is managed under J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Rolette County, North Dakota. It is managed under J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge
        Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge
        Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in McHenry County, North Dakota. It is managed under J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
    • J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District
      J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District
      J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District is located in north-central North Dakota. The District covers in Renville, Bottineau, Rolette, McHenry, and Pierce Counties. Within the District, the U.S...

    • Kulm Wetland Management District
      Kulm Wetland Management District
      Located in south-central North Dakota, Kulm Wetland Management District was established in 1971. Located in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, Kulm Wetland Management District provides breeding, nesting, and brood rearing areas for many species of waterfowl and other migratory birds...

      • Bone Hill Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        Bone Hill Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        Bone Hill Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota. It is managed under Kulm Wetland Management District.Bone Hill Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established by Executive Order 8112, signed on May 10, 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Refuge...

         (easement refuge)
      • Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota. It is managed under Kulm Wetland Management District.Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established by Executive Order 8117, signed on May 10, 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Refuge boundaries...

         (easement refuge)
      • Maple River National Wildlife Refuge
        Maple River National Wildlife Refuge
        Maple River National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota. It is managed under Kulm Wetland Management District.Maple River National Wildlife Refuge was established by Executive Order 8162, signed on June 12, 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Refuge boundaries...

         (easement refuge)
    • Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, located in south-central North Dakota, was established in 1932 as a migratory bird refuge by President Herbert Hoover. The refuge consists of a saline basin that is long and is appropriately named "Long Lake." Long Lake is relatively shallow; it is normally 3...

      • Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Emmons County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Burleigh County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        The Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge, in Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA, has almost of virgin native mixed-grass prairie and a lake. This high quality prairie habitat attracts grassland birds including grassland passerines that are sought by birders visiting the region...

      • Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Kidder County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Lake George National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake George National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake George National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Kidder County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Long Lake Wetland Management District
        Long Lake Wetland Management District
        Long Lake Wetland Management District encompasses three counties in south-central North Dakota, an area famed for its wealth of waterfowl-producing potholes and native prairie grasslands. Headquarters for the Wetland Management District is located in the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge office...

      • Springwater National Wildlife Refuge
        Springwater National Wildlife Refuge
        Springwater National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Emmons County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Slade National Wildlife Refuge
        Slade National Wildlife Refuge
        Slade National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Kidder County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

      • Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Emmons County, North Dakota. It is managed under Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
    • Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge
      Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge
      Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern North Dakota along the western edge of the northern tallgrass prairie, about south of Cayuga, in Sargent County. The Wild Rice River flows through the Refuge and then into Lake Tewaukon...

      • Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Sargent County, North Dakota. It is managed under Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
      • Wild Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Wild Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Wild Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Sargent County, North Dakota. It is managed under Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge.-References:*...

         (easement refuge)
    • Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge
      Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge
      Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, located northwest of Minot, North Dakota, was established in 1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The refuge straddles of the picturesque Souris River valley in northern North Dakota...


    Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

     

    • Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Ohio.-Refuges within the complex:* Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge* Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge* West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge-Reference:...

      • Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge was donated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1964 by the owners of the Cedar Point Shooting Club. Currently, the refuge consists of of marsh, divided into three pools...

      • Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
        Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
        The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1961 to preserve habitat for migrating birds. Staff at the refuge also manage Cedar Point and West Sister Island refuges...

      • West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge

    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

     

    • Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
      Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
      thumb|Kayaking in the Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge at sunriseThe Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges. It is located in Eastern Oklahoma, near the city of Okmulgee and the Deep Fork River where the park gets its name.The refuge was...

    • Little River National Wildlife Refuge
      Little River National Wildlife Refuge
      Containing most of the remaining bottomland hardwood habitat in southeastern Oklahoma, the Little River National Wildlife Refuge is characterized by low, wet habitat with old oxbows and sloughs interspersed throughout oak and hickory forest....

    • Optima National Wildlife Refuge
      Optima National Wildlife Refuge
      Located in the middle of the Oklahoma panhandle, the Optima National Wildlife Refuge is made up of grasslands and wooded bottomland on the Coldwater Creek arm of the Optima Reservoir.-References:**...

    • Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge
      Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge
      Originally known as the Oklahoma Bat Caves National Wildlife Refuge, Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge was established for the protection of endangered bats and their habitat. The refuge is made up of several parcels of land located in northeastern Oklahoma...

    • Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
      Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
      The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges. It is located in Alfalfa County in northern Oklahoma, north of Jet The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges. It is located in...

    • Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
      Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
      Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1970 to provide habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds and to provide food and cover for resident wildlife. The refuge was named in honor of Sequoyah, a Cherokee who developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language.-References:**...

    • Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
      Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
      The Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges. It is located in southern Johnston and northeastern Marshall counties in eastern Oklahoma, near the upper Washita arm of Lake Texoma....

    • Washita National Wildlife Refuge
      Washita National Wildlife Refuge
      Washita National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Custer County, Oklahoma. Within the refuge, the slow-moving Washita River winds through prairie and farmlands to merge with Foss Reservoir, providing a home and resting area for geese and other waterfowl...

    • Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

    Oregon
    Oregon
    Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

     

    • Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex
      Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex
      The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California near Klamath Falls, Oregon...

       (CA and OR)
      • Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge
        Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge
        The Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in the southwestern part of Klamath County, Oregon, near the California border. It was established in 1978 to protect the nesting areas of Bald Eagles...

      • Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
        Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
        Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1958 when approximately were purchased from the Klamath tribe with Federal Duck Stamp Funds. In 1990 and 1998, additional acquisitions boosted Refuge acreage to 40,646...

      • Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
        Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
        The Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in southwestern Klamath County on the shores of Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon. It was established in 1928 and contains some of freshwater marshes. It is accessible only by boat...

      • Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
        Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
        The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in the Klamath Basin along a portion of the northern California and southern Oregon border near Klamath Falls, Oregon...

         (CA and OR)
    • Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
      Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
      Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is located roughly south of the town of Burns, Oregon. The refuge area is roughly T shaped with the southernmost base at Frenchglen, the left top at Malheur Lake and the right top at Harney Lake....

    • Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Oregon.-Refuges within the complex:*Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge*McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge*Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge
        Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge
        Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located northeast of Hermiston and south of the Columbia River in Umatilla County, Oregon; The refuge was established in 1909 as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. It consists of diverse wetland habitats...

      • McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge
        McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located between plains and the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. The refuge provides habitat for rare and endangered species and breeding and migratory birds...

      • Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
        Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
        The Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge is located on and around the Columbia River about northwest of Hermiston, Oregon and includes in Oregon, and in Washington. It was established in 1969 to help mitigate habitat lose due to the flooding that occurred following the construction of the John Day...

    • Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of six National Wildlife Refuges along the Oregon Coast. It provides wilderness protection to thousands of small islands, rocks, reefs, headlands, marshes, and bays totaling 371 acres spanning 320 miles of Oregon's coastline...

      • Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
        Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
        Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on Oregon's coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is renowned among bird watchers for being able to view rare shorebirds including Ruff, Hudsonian...

      • Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge
        Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge
        Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the Oregon coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges in the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Located on Cape Meares, the refuge was established in 1938 to protect a remnant of coastal old-growth forest and...

      • Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on Oregon's coast. It is located in southern Tillamook County, on the state's northern coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex and supports one tenth of...

      • Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
        Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
        Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge off the southwestern Oregon Coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex...

      • Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge
        Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on Oregon's coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The refuge consists of several discontinuous tracts north and south of the Siletz River where it enters...

      • Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
        Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
        Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge off the northern Oregon Coast. It is located on the central coast of Tillamook County, in the northwestern part of Oregon. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges within the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex...

    • Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      The Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a management unit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It comprises two wildlife refuges, the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in Oregon and the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, that are managed as a single...

       (NV and OR)
      • Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
        Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
        Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on Hart Mountain in southeastern Oregon, which protects more than and more than 300 species of wildlife, including pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, mule deer, sage grouse, and redband trout...

    • Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
      Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
      The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is a wetlands and lowlands sanctuary in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1992 and opened to the public in 2006, it is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Located in southeastern Washington County, ...

    • Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Oregon.-Refuges within the complex:*Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge, located at .*Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, located at ....

      • Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
        Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
        Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge is located in the fertile Willamette Valley of northwestern Oregon, 12 miles south of Salem. The valley was once a rich mix of wildlife habitats. Valley wetlands were once extensive, with meandering stream channels and vast seasonal marshes...

      • Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge
        Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge
        Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwestern Oregon, 10 miles west of Salem in Polk County. Situated in open farmland near the eastern foothills of the Oregon Coast Range with the broad Willamette Valley and the Cascade Range to the east, elevations range from 185 to...

      • William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge
        William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge
        William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is a natural area in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, United States. It was created to provide wintering habitat for Dusky Canada Geese. Unlike other Canada Geese, Dusky Canada Geese have limited summer and winter ranges. They nest on Alaska's Copper River...


    Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

     

    • Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      The Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a planned National Wildlife Refuge in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania’s Cherry Valley is rich in natural resources and wildlife diversity. Cherry Creek flows through southern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania, flowing into the Delaware...

    • Erie National Wildlife Refuge
      Erie National Wildlife Refuge
      The Erie National Wildlife Refuge is an National Wildlife Refuge located in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Named after the Erie tribe, it was established to provide waterfowl and other migratory birds with nesting, feeding, brooding, and resting habitat....

    • John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
      John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
      The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is a 1000 acre National Wildlife Refuge spanning Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania. Located in Tinicum Township, the refuge is adjacent to the Philadelphia International Airport. Established in 1972 as the Tinicum National...


    Rhode Island
    Rhode Island
    The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

     

    • Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Rhode Island. Its headquarters is in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Dotted along the Rhode Island’s Atlantic coastline, the five refuges that make up the complex Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Located approximately offshore on picturesque Block Island, the Block Island National Wildlife Refuge provides important habitat for wildlife, and a place for people to appreciate the natural environment of the island. The refuge was established in 1973 with the transfer of from the U.S...

      • John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge
        John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge
        Located within the picturesque Narrow River on the Southern Coast of Rhode Island, the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge is comparatively small in size, but big in protecting the unique features of this area.At , the John H...

      • Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
        Ninigret Pond
        Ninigret is a coastal lagoon in Charlestown, Rhode Island in the United States, located at . It is the largest of the nine lagoons, or "salt ponds", in southern Rhode Island. It is utilized for recreational actives, as well as oyster and quahog harvesting. Found along its shores are "extensive"...

      • Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Occupying a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island Sound, the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge is a very popular site for the over 65,000 annual visitors each year...

      • Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

    South Carolina
    South Carolina
    South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

     

    • Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
      Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
      The Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is a 66,287 acre National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern South Carolina near Awendaw on South Carolina's only cape, Cape Romain. are designated as Class I Wilderness...

      • Santee National Wildlife Refuge
        Santee National Wildlife Refuge
        Santee National Wildlife Refuge is a refuge alongside Lake Marion, an impoundment of the Santee River of Clarendon County, South Carolina. The refuge is especially important for a large amount of wetlands that support migratory birds....

    • Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
      Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
      The Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge located in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from a headquarters located in McBee, South Carolina. The Refuge is served by U.S...

    • Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
      ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
      The Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge is a portion of the larger ACE Basin area, and the only portions that are federally protected. The wildlife refuge is divided into two units: the Edisto River unit and the Combahee River unit....

    • Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
      Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
      The Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex administers seven wildlife refuges between Georgia and South Carolina. Over 56,000 acres of refuge land along a 100 mile coast line are administered by the complex.The complex includes seven refuges:...

       (administered in Georgia)
      • Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
        The Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in Beaufort County, South Carolina between the mainland and Hilton Head Island...

      • Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
        Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
        The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is a 29,175 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina. Of the total area, is in Georgia and is in South Carolina...

      • Tybee National Wildlife Refuge
        Tybee National Wildlife Refuge
        Tybee National Wildlife Refuge was established on May 9, 1938, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a breeding area for migratory birds and other wildlife. Located in the mouth of the Savannah River, the refuge began as a oyster shoal, Oysterbed Island, used by the U.S...

    • Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
      Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
      thumb|right|Waccamaw National Wildlife RefugeWaccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1997, is a recent addition to the United States National Wildlife Refuge system...


    South Dakota
    South Dakota
    South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

     

    • Huron Wetland Management District
      Huron Wetland Management District
      Huron Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and includes 17,518 acres . The refuge borders the Missouri River on the east and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Huron WMD covers eight counties in east-central South Dakota...

    • Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
      Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
      Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and includes 16,410 acres . Early conservation work to protect the refuge was performed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s. A combination of wetlands, meadows and small stands of planted trees in the...

      • Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge
    • Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of the Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge, the Lake Andes Wetland Management District and the Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge. Altogether, 89,454 acres of U.S. Government and easement lands are managed by the complex. The complex is...

      • Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
        Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and includes 5,638 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is part of the Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Only 938 acres is under U.S...

      • Lake Andes Wetland Management District
        Lake Andes Wetland Management District
        Lake Andes Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and includes 82,731 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Of the land area in the district, the U.S...

      • Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge
        Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge
        Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge is located mostly in the southern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small extension into northern Nebraska, and includes 1,085 acres The refuge is a part of the Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is managed by the U.S. Fish and...

    • Madison Wetland Management District
      Madison Wetland Management District
      Madison Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and includes 129,700 acres . 38,500 acres is owned by the U.S. Government while the remaining area is protected through easements in agreement with the state and other entities. The refuge is managed by the...

    • Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota and is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Protected in 1935, the refuge has recorded over 266 bird species and another 40 species of mammals...

    • Waubay National Wildlife Refuge
      Waubay National Wildlife Refuge
      Waubay National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota. "Waubay" means "a place where numbers of birds make their nests" in the Dakota language...

    • Waubay Wetland Management District
      Waubay Wetland Management District
      Waubay Wetland Management District is located in the "Coteau des Prairies," or prairie hills region of South Dakota. It includes more than 300 waterfowl production areas in six counties of northeastern South Dakota. The WPAs range from to more than in size, comprising a total of...


    Tennessee
    Tennessee
    Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

     

    • Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
      Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
      Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge is a part of the U.S. system of National Wildlife Refuges located along the Lake Barkley impoundment of the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee near Dover, covering . It provides habitat for a wide variety of waterfowl and aquatic plant life in what...

    • Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
      Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
      Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge is an area of swampy bottomland consisting of a portion of the floodplain of the Hatchie River in West Tennessee, covering 11,556 acres in southern Haywood County. It is a rich environment for aquatic life and waterfowl. The refuge is bisected by both Interstate...

    • Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
      Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
      Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge established in 1945 and located along the shores of the Tennessee River in West Tennessee where the empoundment of Kentucky Lake by the Tennessee Valley Authority has created a more-or-less permanent wetlands environment favored by...

    • West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex
      West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Tennessee.-Refuges within the complex:*Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge*Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge*Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge...

      • Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge
        Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge
        Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge is a 24,96 acre National Wildlife Refuge located along the Mississippi River in the northwestern part of Lauderdale County in West Tennessee. The area is noted for a diversity of wildlife, notably white-tailed deer, wild turkey, beaver, and waterfowl...

      • Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge
      • Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
        Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
        Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, part of the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge system, is an area of wetlands associated with the confluence of the Hatchie River and the Forked Deer River in West Tennessee near the confluence of the Hatchie River with the Mississippi River...

      • Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
        Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
        Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge is a part of the U.S. system of National Wildlife Refuges consisting of an area of Northwest Tennessee and Western Kentucky that consists primarily of a buffer zone around Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee's only large natural lake, which formed after the New Madrid...


    Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

     

    • Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
      Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
      The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas , west of the town of High Island, Texas. It borders East Bay, part of the Galveston Bay complex, behind Bolivar Peninsula at the Gulf of Mexico....

    • Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
      Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
      Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is a 114,657 acre protected area situated on the southwest side of San Antonio Bay along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in parts of Aransas, Refugio, and Calhoun counties. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge was established by Executive...

    • Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
      Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
      Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, is a federally protected refugium encompassing one of the largest remnants of coastal prairie habitat remaining in southeast Texas, United States and home to one of the last populations of the critically endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken, a...

    • Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
      Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
      Balcones Canyonlands is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Austin, Texas. The Refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds including the Golden-cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo and to preserve Texas Hill Country...

    • Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
      Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
      The Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas in southeastern Matagorda County, south of the towns of Bay City and Wadsworth. It borders a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. Established in 1983 and encompasses 5,000 acres of salt...

    • Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
      Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
      The Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas , east of the towns of Angleton and Lake Jackson, Texas...

    • Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Not to be confused with Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge Once buffalo grazed the shortgrass prairie seen today at Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Randall County of the Texas Panhandle. Once a lake reflected the clouds. The buffalo vanished. The lake has dried...

    • Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
      Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
      Grulla National Wildlife Refuge is located primarily in eastern New Mexico in Roosevelt County, southwest of the intersection of State Highway 88 and the Texas - New Mexico border about 25 miles southeast of Portales, New Mexico and southeast of the tiny community of Arch...

    • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
      Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
      Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, a haven for migratory birds and other wildlife, lies in northwestern Grayson County, Texas, on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma, on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas...

    • Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
      Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
      Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The refuge is located almost entirely in Cameron County, Texas , although a very small part of its northernmost point extends into southern Willacy County...

    • Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.Here, on the international border between the United States and Mexico, a host of nature's borders converge - climate, community, land form and geography...

    • McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
    • Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
      Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
      Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge is the oldest National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Texas, having been established in 1935. It is located about twenty miles south of Muleshoe, the seat of Bailey County...

    • San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
      San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
      The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas , south of the towns of Sweeny and Brazoria, Texas. It encloses a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico...

    • Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
      Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
      Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a refuge situated along the banks of the Rio Grande in Hidalgo County, Texas south of Alamo, Texas. It was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943...

    • Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
    • Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
      Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
      Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge was established on January 4, 1994 with an initial purchase of . Since that time, the refuge has acquired additional acreage which now totals . The primary purpose of establishing this refuge is to protect a portion of the bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem...


    Utah
    Utah
    Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

     

    • Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
      Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
      Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Utah, established in 1927. Leased by the government from private property owners....

    • Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
      Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
      Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge is located at the southern end of the Great Salt Lake Desert, part of theGreat Basin in Juab County, Utah. The Refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...

    • Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
      Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
      Ouray National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in central Uintah County, Utah in the northeastern part of the state...


    Virginia
    Virginia
    The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

     

    • Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Virginia is located in the independent city of Virginia Beach. Established in 1938 in isolated portion of Princess Anne County, it is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service....

    • Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
      Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
      The Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It is primarily located on the Virginia side of Assateague Island with portions located on the Maryland side of the island as well as Morris Island and Wildcat Marsh...

    • Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
      Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
      The Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in Northampton County, Virginia, at the southern end of the Eastern Shore and near the tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, and managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. in size, it was established in 1984...

    • Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
      Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
      The Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Potomac River in Virginia, at the point where it meets Neabsco Creek. The of tidal marsh have been administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service since 1970; currently, they are part of the...

    • Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Fisherman Island
      Fisherman Island is the southernmost island on the Delmarva Peninsula chain of barrier islands. Located at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, the island is subject to great changes in its landscape from waves and runoff...

    • Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
      Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
      The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the...

    • James River National Wildlife Refuge
      James River National Wildlife Refuge
      The James River National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the James River in northeastern Prince George County, Virginia...

    • Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
      Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
      Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Mason Neck, Virginia, adjacent to Mason Neck State Park and along Belmont Bay...

    • Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge
      Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge
      The Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a satellite of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge...

    • Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      The Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located where the Occoquan River meets the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States. The site, about half of which is wetlands, was used for military research by the U.S...

    • Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
      The Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Poquoson, Virginia, located on the southwestern corner of the Chesapeake Bay...

    • Presquile National Wildlife Refuge
      Presquile National Wildlife Refuge
      Presquile National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of Virginia is one of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The refuge is a island in the James River, located approximately south of Richmond. It is located in the easternmost part of...

    • Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      The Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Rappahannock River near Warsaw, Virginia; one of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex, it was established under the jurisdiction of the United...

    • Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
      The Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Wallops Island, Virginia; the refuge was created on July 10, 1975, with the transfer of of land from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife...


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    • Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
      Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
      Columbia National Wildlife Refuge is a scenic mixture of rugged cliffs, canyons, lakes, and sagebrush grasslands. Formed by fire, ice, floods, and volcanic tempest, carved by periods of extreme violence of natural forces, the refuge lies in the middle of the Drumheller Channeled Scablands of...

    • Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains at the base of Mount Adams in southern Washington state....

    • Copalis National Wildlife Refuge
      Copalis National Wildlife Refuge
      Copalis National Wildlife Refuge is the southernmost of the three refuges which make up the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, a group of 870 islands, rocks, and reefs extending for more than 100 miles along Washington's coast from Cape Flattery to Copalis Beach...

    • Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
      Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
      The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is located near the town of Sequim in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The refuge is composed of which include Dungeness Spit, Graveyard Spit, and portions of Dungeness Bay and Harbor. Dungeness Spit is one of...

    • Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
      Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
      Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge is the northernmost of the three refuges which make up the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, a group of 870 islands, rocks, and reefs extending for more than 100 miles along Washington's coast from Cape Flattery to Copalis Beach...

    • Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southwest Washington State, within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The refuge provides a variety of habitats including riparian wetlands, Columbia River riparian corridor blocks, transitional woodlands from lower elevation willows,...

    • Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
      Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
      Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge is located within Grays Harbor Estuary, at the mouth of the Chehalis River, which makes up the second largest watershed in Washington. It is one of four major staging areas for migrating shorebirds in the Pacific Flyway...

    • Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
      Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
      Located in southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon, the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer was established in 1972 specifically to protect and manage the endangered Columbian white-tailed deer...

    • Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
      Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
      Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge, near the mouth of the Columbia River, provides wintering and resting areas for an estimated 1,000 tundra swans, 5,000 geese, and 30,000 ducks. Other species include shorebirds and bald eagles....

    • Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
      Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
      The Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve, one of the National Wildlife Refuges operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is located east of Colville, Washington along the west slope of the Selkirk Mountain Range. It lies mostly in eastern...

    • McNary National Wildlife Refuge
      McNary National Wildlife Refuge
      Few areas in North America support waterfowl populations in the extraordinary numbers found within McNary National Wildlife Refuge. Visitors enjoy spectacular concentrations of Canada geese, mallards, and other waterfowl. More than half the mallards in the Pacific Flyway overwinter at some time in...

    • Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
      Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
      The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta near Puget Sound in northeastern Thurston County, Washington and northwestern Pierce County, Washington...

    • Pierce National Wildlife Refuge
      Pierce National Wildlife Refuge
      Pierce National Wildlife Refuge is located in southwest Washington within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. It encompasses wetlands and uplands along the north shore of the Columbia River west of the town of North Bonneville...

    • Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge is located near the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Jefferson County, Washington...

    • Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge
      Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge
      Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge is the central refuge of the three which make up the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, a group of 870 islands, rocks, and reefs extending for more than 100 miles along Washington's coast from Cape Flattery to Copalis Beach...

    • Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
      Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
      The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a wildlife preserve, one of the National Wildlife Refuges operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...

    • Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
    • San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      The San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge is located in the San Juan Islands of northern Puget Sound in the State of Washington. Originally created in 1976, it consists of 83 uninhabited small islands, with a combined area of approximately , scattered throughout the San Juans. The Refuge is...

    • Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
      Located on the Columbia River, east of Vancouver, Washington, the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge consists of historic riverine flood plain habitat, semi-permanent wetlands, cottonwood-dominated riparian corridors, pastures, and remnant stands of Oregon white oak.The refuge lies partly...

    • Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
      Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
      Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge is located in the agriculturally intensive Yakima Valley of eastern Washington. Using the waters of Toppenish and Snake Creeks and supplemented with summer irrigation, managers are able to provide a mosaic of refuge wetlands interspersed with lush riparian and...

    • Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
      Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
      The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 by an Executive Order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is located six miles south of Cheney, Washington on the eastern edge of the Columbia Basin, in Spokane County in northeastern Washington. Turnbull NWR encompasses approximately ...

    • Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
      Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
      The Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge is located on and around the Columbia River about northwest of Hermiston, Oregon and includes in Oregon, and in Washington. It was established in 1969 to help mitigate habitat lose due to the flooding that occurred following the construction of the John Day...

    • Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
      Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
      Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the shores of Willapa Bay in Washington, USA. It comprises of sand dunes, sand beaches, mud flats, grasslands, saltwater and freshwater marshes, and coniferous forest...


    West Virginia
    West Virginia
    West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

     

    • Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
      The Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Tucker County, West Virginia is the 500th National Wildlife Refuge to be established in the USA. The refuge preserves a moist valley with unique wetlands and uplands at a relatively high elevation in the Allegheny Mountains. It is administered by the...

    • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in non-contiguous sites consisting of islands along of the Ohio River, primarily in the U.S. state of West Virginia. There are also a couple of islands upstream in Beaver County, Pennsylvania and a couple downstream...


    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

     

    • Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
      Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
      Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois...

    • Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
      Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
      Fox River National Wildlife Refuge, managed by staff at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, encompasses of wetland and upland habitat along the Fox River in Marquette County, Wisconsin....

    • Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
      Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located off the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin. Founded in 1913 the refuge consists of two Lake Michigan islands, that act as nesting grounds for native bird species. The refuge is part of the Wisconsin Islands Wilderness Area, and...

    • Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge
      Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge consists of Hog Island , Plum Island , and Pilot Island . The islands are located in Lake Michigan, near Washington Island, off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. An Executive Order in 1913 declared Hog Island a protected breeding ground for native birds....

    • Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
      Horicon Marsh
      Horicon Marsh is a marsh located in northern Dodge and southern Fond du Lac counties of Wisconsin. It is the site of both a national and state wildlife refuge. The extinct glacial lake is the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States....

    • Leopold Wetland Management District
      Leopold Wetland Management District
      The Leopold Wetland Management District is named after Aldo Leopold, who is widely acknowledged as the father of wildlife conservation in America. Leopold is perhaps best known as the author of A Sand County Almanac, a book compiled of essays written on his farm in central Wisconsin...

    • Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
      Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
      Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in northern Juneau County, Wisconsin near the village of Necedah. It was established in 1939 and is famous as the northern nesting site for reintroduction of an eastern United States population of the endangered Whooping Crane...

    • St. Croix Wetland Management District
      St. Croix Wetland Management District
      Lying along the eastern edge of the tallgrass prairie in west-central Wisconsin, the St. Croix Wetland Management District encompasses a fascinating diversity of habitats. Within the eight-county district, one can travel north through the high river bluffs of Pepin County, to the prairie potholes...

    • Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
      Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
      Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Upper Mississippi River in extreme southern Buffalo County and extreme southwestern Trempealeau County in Wisconsin, USA....

    • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
      Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
      The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a . 261 river mile long National Wildlife Refuge located in and along the Upper Mississippi River. It runs from Wabasha, Minnesota in the north to Rock Island, Illinois in the south....

    • Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
      Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge is part of a large wetland complex on Lake Superior, near Ashland, Wisconsin. These coastal wetlands are a significant part of the wildlife habitat and aquatic resources of the south shore of Lake Superior....


    Wyoming
    Wyoming
    Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

     

    • managed under Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
      Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
      The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in north central Colorado. The refuge is located in North Park in central Jackson County south of the town of Walden. The refuge was established in 1967 to furnish waterfowl with a suitable place to nest and...

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      • Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge
        Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge
        Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge is located in southern Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 1,116 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The refuge is divided into three sections adjacent to...

      • Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southern Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 1,968 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior...

      • Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
        Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southern Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 1,776 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Mortensen Lake NWR is a high altitude refuge...

      • Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge
        Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge
        Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 16,807 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, both agencies within the U.S. Department of the Interior...

    • National Elk Refuge
      National Elk Refuge
      The National Elk Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Wyoming and was created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for the largest elk herd on Earth. The refuge borders the town of Jackson, Wyoming on the northeast while Bridger-Teton National Forest is to the east and Grand Teton...

    • Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
      Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
      Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge is located in western Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 26,400 acres . Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge is located in southwestern Wyoming. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency within the U.S...

      • Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
        Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
        Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 26,657 acres . The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior....


    Caribbean
    Caribbean
    The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

     

    • Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex
      Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex
      Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex is an administrative unit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service which oversees National Wildlife Refuges in Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.-Puerto Rico:...

      • Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge is located about 2 miles south of the island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands of the United States. There are actually two "Buck Islands." The National Wildlife Refuge occupies the one near St. Thomas. The one just north of St. Croix is the centerpiece of...

      • Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge
        Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge
        Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge is located on the southwestern side of Puerto Rico in the municipio of Cabo Rojo. It was established in 1974, when 587 acres of land were obtained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from the Central Intelligence Agency which had operated the Caribbean Bureau of...

      • Culebra National Wildlife Refuge
        Culebra National Wildlife Refuge
        The Culebra National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex....

      • Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge
        Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge
        The Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex....

      • Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
        Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
        Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge, just north of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, preserves habitat for the largest remaining population of endangered Saint Croix ground lizard . Much smaller populations of ground lizard live on nearby Protestant Cay and on Ruth Island. Its extirpation from the...

      • Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge
        Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge
        The Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex....

      • Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge
        Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge protects coral reef ecosystems, native wildlife and plants, and provides opportunities for scientific research on and around Navassa Island . The National Wildlife Refuge is located 35 miles west of the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti...

      • Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge
        Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge preserves habitat for threatened and endangered species, with particular emphasis on the Leatherback Sea Turtle . Its two miles of sandy beaches on the southwest corner of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands is an ideal nesting place for leatherbacks...

      • Vieques National Wildlife Refuge
        Vieques National Wildlife Refuge
        The Vieques National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Vieques in the Puerto Rico archipelago. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex....


    Insular area
    Insular area
    An insular area is a United States territory, that is neither a part of one of the fifty U.S. states nor the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States...

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    • Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge
    • Guam National Wildlife Refuge
      Guam
      Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

    • Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge
    • Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge
    • Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
    • Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge
      Kingman Reef
      Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited triangular shaped reef, east-west and north-south, located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa at...

    • Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
    • Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
    • Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
      Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
      Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is a U.S. national monument in the South Pacific Ocean, covering 13,451 square miles and encompassing the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1973 with 39,066 acres . Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Pacific Remote...

    • Wake Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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