As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States,[1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge.[2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife RefugeinPennsylvania.[3][4] Refuges are listed regardless of whether or not they are open to the public, which many are not.
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Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge[5] | Baldwin County | 1980 | 6,816 acres (27.58 km2) |
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge | Bibb County | September 25, 2002 | 2,997 acres (12.13 km2)[6] |
Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge | Choctaw County | 1964 | 4,218 acres (17.07 km2) |
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge | Barbour County, Alabama Stewart County, Georgia |
1964 | 11,184 acres (45.26 km2)[7] |
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | 1981 | 199 acres (0.81 km2) |
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Lauderdale County | January 3, 1997 | 1,060 acres (4.3 km2)[8] |
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge | Calhoun County | May 29, 2003 | 9,016 acres (36.49 km2) |
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | 1978 | 264 acres (1.07 km2) |
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | 1980 | 24 acres (0.097 km2) |
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | Morgan County, Limestone County, and Madison County |
1938 | 35,000 acres (140 km2)[9] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980[10] | 3,421,420 acres (13,846.0 km2) |
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980 | 3,574,259 acres (14,464.51 km2) |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 6, 1960[11] | 19,287,042 acres (78,051.89 km2) |
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980[12] | 1,200,419.52 acres (4,857.9254 km2) |
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980[13] | 3,850,800.94 acres (15,583.6385 km2) |
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980[14] | 315,000 acres (1,270 km2) |
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980[15] | 1,637,000 acres (6,620 km2) |
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980[15] | 1,912,470.47 acres (7,739.4934 km2)[16] |
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | August 19, 1941[17] | 1,880,891.52 acres (7,611.6979 km2)[16] |
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | 1980 | 3,550,159.96 acres (14,366.9876 km2)[16] |
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | 1980 | 1,560,239.99 acres (6,314.0672 km2)[16] |
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980 | 2,150,561.94 acres (8,703.0154 km2)[16] |
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980 | 700,286.95 acres (2,833.9607 km2)[16] |
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980 | 4,104,246.80 acres (16,609.2975 km2)[16] |
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980 | 19,226,606.25 acres (77,807.3150 km2)[16] |
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | December 2, 1980 | 8,636,951.06 acres (34,952.5009 km2)[16] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge | Rose Atoll | 1973 | 39,066 acres (158.09 km2)[18] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge | La Paz and Mojave Counties | 1993[19] | 6,105 acres (24.71 km2) |
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | Pima County | 1985 | 117,107 acres (473.92 km2) |
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge | Yuma County | 1939 | 860,010 acres (3,480.3 km2) |
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | LaPaz County, Arizona Imperial County, California |
1964 | 16,627 acres (67.29 km2) |
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge | Mojave County, Arizona San Bernardino County, California |
1941 | 37,515 acres (151.82 km2) |
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | LaPaz and Yuma Counties, Arizona Imperial County, California |
1941 | 25,768 acres (104.28 km2)[20] |
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge | Yuma and LaPaz Counties | 1939 | 665,400 acres (2,693 km2) |
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | Cochise County | 1988 | 2,770 acres (11.2 km2) |
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge | Cochise County | 1982 | 2,309 acres (9.34 km2) |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge | White County | 1993 | 15,022 acres (60.79 km2)[21] |
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Mississippi County | 1915 | 11,038 acres (44.67 km2)[22] |
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | Woodruff County and several others | 1986 | 67,500 acres (273 km2)[23] |
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | Union, Ashley, and Bradley Counties | 1970 | 64,902 acres (262.65 km2) |
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge | Pope and Yell Counties | 1957 | 7,057 acres (28.56 km2)[24] |
Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Benton County | March 14, 1989 | 123 acres (0.50 km2)[25] |
Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | Ashley County | 1980 | 13,973 acres (56.55 km2)[26] |
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Sevier County | 1994 | 27,300 acres (110 km2) |
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge | Crittenden County | January 1961 | 5,484 acres (22.19 km2) |
White River National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County and several others | 1935 | 160,756 acres (650.56 km2) |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge | Alamosa, Conejos and Costilla Counties | 1993 | 11,169 acres (45.20 km2)[65] |
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | 1967 | 23,464 acres (94.96 km2)[66] |
Baca National Wildlife Refuge | Saguache and Alamosa Counties | 2003 | 78,697 acres (318.48 km2) |
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge | Moffat County | 1965 | 12,150 acres (49.2 km2)[67] |
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge | Alamosa and Rio Grande Counties | 1953 | 14,800 acres (60 km2)[67] |
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | July 12, 2007 | 3,953 acres (16.00 km2) |
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge | Adams County | 1992 | 15,988 acres (64.70 km2) |
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | 1992 | 72.2 acres (0.292 km2) |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge | Connecticut | 1972 | 950 acres (3.8 km2)[68] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | Kent County | 1937 | 16,251 acres (65.77 km2)[69] |
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | Sussex County | 1963 | 10,144 acres (41.05 km2)[70] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Lanier County | 1985 | 4,049 acres (16.39 km2)[100] |
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge* | McIntosh County | 1924 | 5,618 acres (22.74 km2)[101] |
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Bibb County Twiggs County |
1989 | 6,500 acres (26 km2)[102] |
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge* | McIntosh County | 1962 | 2,762 acres (11.18 km2)[103] |
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | Primarily in Charlton and Ware Counties, Georgia and Baker County, Florida |
1937 | 402,000 acres (1,630 km2)[104] |
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge | Jasper County Jones County |
1939 | 35,000 acres (140 km2)[105] |
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge* | Chatham and Effingham Counties, Georgia and Jasper County, South Carolina |
1927 | 29,175 acres (118.07 km2)[106] |
Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge* | Chatham County | 1969 | 10,053 acres (40.68 km2)[107] |
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge* | McIntosh County | 1930 | 5,126 acres (20.74 km2)[108] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Guam National Wildlife Refuge | Guam | 1993 | 1,203 acres (4.87 km2)[109] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Hawaiʻi | 1985 | 38,047 acres (153.97 km2)[110] |
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Kauaʻi | 1972 | 917 acres (3.71 km2)[111] |
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Hawaiʻi | 1909 | 245,000 acres (990 km2)[112] |
Hulē‘ia National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Kauaʻi | 1973 | 241 acres (0.98 km2)[113] |
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Oʻahu | 1976 | 1,100 acres (4.5 km2)[114] |
Kakahai‘a National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Molokaʻi | 1977 | 44 acres (0.18 km2)[115] |
Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Maui | 1992 | 700 acres (2.8 km2)[116] |
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Kauaʻi | 1985 | 203 acres (0.82 km2)[117] |
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Oʻahu | 2000 | 4,525 acres (18.31 km2)[118] |
Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Oʻahu | 1972 | 63 acres (0.25 km2)[119] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge* | Bear Lake County | 1968 | 19,000 acres (77 km2)[120] |
Camas National Wildlife Refuge* | Jefferson County | 1937 | 10,578 acres (42.81 km2)[121] |
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge | Canyon County Owyhee County Payette County Washington County Malheur County, Oregon Baker County, Oregon |
1909 | 10,548 acres (42.69 km2)[122] |
Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge* | Bonneville County Caribou County |
1965 | 19,400 acres (79 km2)[123] |
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge | Boundary County | 1964 | 2,774 acres (11.23 km2)[124] |
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge* | Blaine County Cassia County Minidoka County Power County |
1909 | 20,751 acres (83.98 km2)[125] |
Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area | Bannock County Franklin County |
1985 | 1,878 acres (7.60 km2)[126] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | Mason County | 1936 | 4,388 acres (17.76 km2)[127] |
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County Union County Williamson County |
1947 | 43,890 acres (177.6 km2)[128] |
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Alexander County Johnson County Pulaski County Union County |
1990 | 16,000 acres (65 km2)[129] |
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge | Fulton County | 1993 | 11,122 acres (45.01 km2)[130] |
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge | McHenry County Walworth County, Wisconsin |
2012 | 11,200 acres (45 km2)[131] |
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area | Iroquois County | 2016 | 66 acres (0.27 km2)[132] |
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge | Cass County Morgan County |
1973 | 5,255 acres (21.27 km2)[133] |
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge | Illinois Missouri |
2000 | 7,000 acres (28 km2)[134] |
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | Illinois Missouri |
1958 | 8,501 acres (34.40 km2)[135] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County Jennings County Ripley County |
2000 | 50,000 acres (200 km2)[136] |
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County Jennings County Monroe County |
1966 | 7,880 acres (31.9 km2)[137] |
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area | Gibson County Pike County |
1994 | 23,962 acres (96.97 km2)[138] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge | Harrison County Pottawattamie County Washington County, Nebraska |
1958 | 8,362 acres (33.84 km2)[139] |
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge | Iowa Illinois Wisconsin |
1989 | 911 acres (3.69 km2)[140] |
Iowa Wetland Management District | Covers 15 counties | 25,000 acres (100 km2) 75 waterfowl production areas[141] | |
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | Jasper County | 1990 | 8,654 acres (35.02 km2)[142] |
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | Louisa County Mercer County, Illinois |
1958 | 1,078 acres (4.36 km2)[143] |
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Kossuth County | 1938 | 3,334 acres (13.49 km2)[144] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | Coffey County Lyon County |
1966 | 18,463 acres (74.72 km2)[145] |
Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge | Phillips County | 1954 | 10,778 acres (43.62 km2)[146] |
Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | Linn County | 1992 | 7,500 acres (30 km2)[147] |
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | Reno County Rice County Stafford County |
1955 | 22,135 acres (89.58 km2)[148] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge | Graves County Marshall County McCracken County |
1997 | 8,040 acres (32.5 km2)[149] |
Green River National Wildlife Refuge | Henderson County | 2019 | 10 acres (0.040 km2)[150] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge | Aroostook County | 1998 | 5,252 acres (21.25 km2)[176] |
Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area | Waldo County | 1966 | 1,055 acres (4.27 km2)[177] |
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge* | Washington County | 1980 | 1,700 acres (6.9 km2)[178] |
Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge* | Knox County | 1973 | 12 acres (0.049 km2)[179] |
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | 1937 | 28,751 acres (116.35 km2)[180] |
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge* | Hancock County Washington County |
1974 | 6,367 acres (25.77 km2)[181] |
Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge* | Sagadahoc County | 1973 | 10 acres (0.040 km2)[182] |
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge | Cumberland County York County |
1966 | 9,125 acres (36.93 km2)[183] |
Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge* | Knox County | 1972 | 65 acres (0.26 km2)[184] |
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Penobscot County | 1988 | 11,435 acres (46.28 km2)[185] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge* | Dorchester County | 1933 | 28,894.35 acres (116.9313 km2)[186] |
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge* | Kent County | 1962 | 2,285 acres (9.25 km2)[187] |
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge* | Somerset County Accomack County, Virginia |
1954 | 4,548 acres (18.41 km2)[188] |
Patuxent Research Refuge [1] | Anne Arundel County Prince George's County |
1936 | 12,800 acres (52 km2)[189] |
Susquehanna River National Wildlife Refuge* | Harford County | 1944 | 3.79 acres (0.0153 km2)[190] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge | Sudbury | 2005 | 2,230 acres (9.0 km2)[191] |
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Sudbury | 1944 | 250 acres (1.0 km2)[192] |
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge | Mashpee | 1995 | 341.65 acres (1.3826 km2)[193] |
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge | Plymouth | 1983 | 195 acres (0.79 km2)[194] |
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge | Barnstable County | 1944 | 7,604 acres (30.77 km2)[195] |
Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge | Nantucket | 1973 | 24 acres (0.097 km2)[196] |
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge | Nomans Land | 1998 | 640 acres (2.6 km2)[197] |
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge | Middlesex County Worcester County |
1974 | 1,667 acres (6.75 km2)[198] |
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge | Plum Island | 1942 | 4,662 acres (18.87 km2)[199] |
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge | Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Vermont |
1997 | 31,216 acres (126.33 km2)[200] |
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge | Thacher Island | 1972 | 22 acres (0.089 km2)[201] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge | Detroit River Lake Erie |
2001 | 5,868 acres (23.75 km2)[202] |
Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge | Lake Huron | 1983 | 695 acres (2.81 km2)[203] |
Huron National Wildlife Refuge | Lake Superior | 1905 | 147 acres (0.59 km2)[204] |
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area | Lower Peninsula of Michigan | 1980 | 6,684 acres (27.05 km2)[205] |
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Lake Michigan Lake Huron |
1943 | 744 acres (3.01 km2)[206] |
Michigan Wetland Management District | Lower Peninsula of Michigan | 1980 | 664 acres (2.69 km2)[207] |
Seney National Wildlife Refuge | Schoolcraft County | 1935 | 95,265 acres (385.52 km2)[208] |
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | Saginaw County | 1953 | 9,870 acres (39.9 km2)[209] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge | Missouri River | 1994 | 16,700 acres (68 km2)[244] |
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge | Pike County | 1964 | 3,750 acres (15.2 km2)[245] |
Great River National Wildlife Refuge | Clark County Lewis County Adams County, Illinois Pike County, Illinois |
1958 | 11,600 acres (47 km2)[246] |
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge | Holt County | 1935 | 7,415 acres (30.01 km2)[247] |
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | Stoddard County Wayne County |
1944 | 21,676 acres (87.72 km2)[248] |
Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge | Lawrence County | 1991 | 40 acres (0.16 km2)[249] |
Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge | Iron County | 1987 | 90 acres (0.36 km2)[250] |
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Chariton County | 1937 | 10,795 acres (43.69 km2)[251] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | 1992 | 4,040 acres (16.3 km2)[273] |
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Garden County | 1931 | 45,818 acres (185.42 km2)[274] |
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | Cherry County | 1912 | 19,131 acres (77.42 km2)[275] |
John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge | Rock County | 1999 | 2,400 acres (9.7 km2)[276] |
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge | Scotts Bluff County | 1916 | 5,047 acres (20.42 km2)[276] |
Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | South Central Nebraska | 1963 | 22,864 acres (92.53 km2)[277] |
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | Cherry County | 1935 | 71,516 acres (289.41 km2)[278] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge | Washoe County | 1913 | 247 acres (1.00 km2)[279] |
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge^ | Nye County | 1984 | 23,000 acres (93 km2)[280] |
Desert National Wildlife Refuge^ | Clark County Lincoln County |
1936 | 1,615,000 acres (6,540 km2)[281] |
Fallon National Wildlife Refuge | Churchill County | 1931 | 15,000 acres (61 km2)[282] |
Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge^ | Clark County | 1979 | 106 acres (0.43 km2)[283] |
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lincoln County | 1963 | 5,380 acres (21.8 km2)[284] |
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Elko County White Pine County |
1938 | 37,632 acres (152.29 km2)[285] |
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge^^ | Humboldt County Washoe County Lake County, Oregon |
1931 | 573,504 acres (2,320.89 km2)[286] |
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge | Churchill County | 1949 | 79,570 acres (322.0 km2)[287] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Rockingham County | 1992 | 1,116 acres (4.52 km2)[288] |
John Hay National Wildlife Refuge | Merrimack County | 1987 | 164 acres (0.66 km2)[289] |
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge | Coös County Oxford County, Maine |
1992 | 25,650 acres (103.8 km2)[290] |
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge | Hillsborough County | 1972 | 1,672 acres (6.77 km2)[291] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Cape May National Wildlife Refuge | Cape May County | 1989 | 21,200 acres (86 km2)[292] |
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge | Atlantic County Ocean County |
1984 | 47,437 acres (191.97 km2)[293] |
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Morris County | 1960 | 7,800 acres (32 km2)[294] |
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Salem County | 1974 | 3,230 acres (13.1 km2)[295] |
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge | Sussex County Orange County, New York |
1990 | 5,100 acres (21 km2)[296] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Chaves County | 1937 | 24,563 acres (99.40 km2)[297] |
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge | Socorro County | 1939 | 57,331 acres (232.01 km2)[298] |
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge | Roosevelt County Bailey County, Texas |
1969 | 3,264 acres (13.21 km2)[299] |
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge | San Miguel County | 1965 | 8,672 acres (35.09 km2)[300] |
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge | Mora County | 2012 | 4,224 acres (17.09 km2)[301] |
Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge | Colfax County | 1965 | 3,699 acres (14.97 km2)[302] |
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge | Doña Ana County | 1941 | 57,215 acres (231.54 km2)[303] |
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | Socorro County | 1973 | 230,000 acres (930 km2)[304] |
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge | Bernalillo County | 2012 | 570 acres (2.3 km2)[305] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1968 | 36 acres (0.15 km2)[306] |
Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1971 | 60 acres (0.24 km2)[307] |
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1954 | 187 acres (0.76 km2)[308] |
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | Genesee County Orleans County |
1958 | 10,828 acres (43.82 km2)[309] |
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge | Seneca County | 1937 | 10,004 acres (40.48 km2)[310] |
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge* | Nassau County | 1968 | 3,209 acres (12.99 km2)[311] |
Sayville National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1992 | 127 acres (0.51 km2)[312] |
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1968 | 196 acres (0.79 km2)[313] |
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge | Ulster County | 1999 | 597 acres (2.42 km2)[314] |
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1967 | 80 acres (0.32 km2)[315] |
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge* | Suffolk County | 1947 | 2,550 acres (10.3 km2)[316] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lucas County | 1965 | 2,449.77 acres (9.9139 km2)[415] |
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lucas County Ottawa County |
1961 | 6,857.91 acres (27.7530 km2)[416] |
West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lucas County | 1937 | 77 acres (0.31 km2)[417] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | Okmulgee County | 1993 | 9,748 acres (39.45 km2)[418] |
Little River National Wildlife Refuge | McCurtain County | 1987 | 13,660 acres (55.3 km2)[419] |
Optima National Wildlife Refuge | Texas County | 1975 | 4,333 acres (17.54 km2)[420] |
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge | Adair County Cherokee County Delaware County Ottawa County |
1986 | 4,200 acres (17 km2)[421] |
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge | Alfalfa County | 1930 | 32,197 acres (130.30 km2)[422] |
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | Haskell County Muskogee County Sequoyah County |
1970 | 20,800 acres (84 km2)[423] |
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge | Johnston County Marshall County |
1946 | 16,464 acres (66.63 km2)[424] |
Washita National Wildlife Refuge | Custer County | 1961 | 8,075 acres (32.68 km2)[425] |
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge | Comanche County | 1901 | 59,020 acres (238.8 km2)[426] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County | 2008 | 185 acres (0.75 km2)[449] |
Erie National Wildlife Refuge | Crawford County | 1959 | 8,800 acres (36 km2)[450] |
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum | Delaware County Philadelphia County |
1972 | 1,200 acres (4.9 km2)[451] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge | Cabo Rojo | 1974 | 1,836 acres (7.43 km2)[452] |
Culebra National Wildlife Refuge | Isla Culebra | 1909 | 1,450 acres (5.9 km2)[453] |
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge | Mayagüez | 1976 | 360 acres (1.5 km2)[454] |
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge | Lajas | 1989 | 1,059 acres (4.29 km2)[455] |
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge | Isla de Vieques | 2001 | 17,771 acres (71.92 km2)[456] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Block Island National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | 1973 | 127 acres (0.51 km2)[457] |
John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | 1988 | 317 acres (1.28 km2)[458] |
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | 1970 | 900 acres (3.6 km2)[459] |
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge | Newport County | 1970 | 242 acres (0.98 km2)[460] |
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | 1974 | 787 acres (3.18 km2)[461] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge^ | Charleston County | 1932 | 66,287 acres (268.25 km2)[462] |
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge | Chesterfield County | 1939 | 45,348 acres (183.52 km2)[463] |
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge^ | Beaufort County Charleston County Colleton County Hampton County |
1990 | 11,815 acres (47.81 km2)[464] |
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge^^ | Beaufort County | 1975 | 4,053 acres (16.40 km2)[465] |
Santee National Wildlife Refuge^^ | Clarendon County | 1941 | 15,000 acres (61 km2)[466] |
Tybee National Wildlife Refuge^^ | Jasper County | 1938 | 100 acres (0.40 km2)[467] |
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge^ | Georgetown County Horry County Marion County |
1997 | 22,931 acres (92.80 km2)[468] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lauderdale County | 1985 | 25,006 acres (101.20 km2)[480] |
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge | Stewart County | 1962 | 8,862 acres (35.86 km2)[481] |
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge | Hardeman County Haywood County |
1964 | 11,556 acres (46.77 km2)[482] |
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lake County | 1938 | 1,846 acres (7.47 km2)[483] |
Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lauderdale County Tipton County |
1980 | 9,451 acres (38.25 km2)[484] |
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge^ | Lake County Obion County Fulton County, Kentucky |
1941 | 10,428 acres (42.20 km2)[485] |
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge | Benton County Decatur County Henry County Humphreys County |
1945 | 51,359 acres (207.84 km2)[486] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge | Box Elder County | 1928 | 79,000 acres (320 km2)[506] |
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge | Juab County | 1959 | 17,992 acres (72.81 km2)[507] |
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge | Uintah County | 1960 | 11,987 acres (48.51 km2)[508] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge | Franklin County | 1943 | 6,642 acres (26.88 km2)[509] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge | St. Thomas | 1969 | 45 acres (0.18 km2)[510] |
Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge | St. Croix | 1977 | 14 acres (0.057 km2)[511] |
Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge | St. Croix | 1984 | 360 acres (1.5 km2)[512] |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Tucker County | 11 July 1994 | 16,613.44 acres (67.2322 km2) |
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Ohio River | 1990 | 2,664.54 acres (10.7830 km2) |
Refuge Name | Location | Date Established | Area |
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Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge | Albany County | 1932 | 1,116 acres (4.52 km2)[558] |
Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Lincoln County | 1993 | 26,657 acres (107.88 km2)[559] |
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Albany County | 1932 | 1,968 acres (7.96 km2)[560] |
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Albany County | 1993 | 1,776 acres (7.19 km2)[561] |
National Elk Refuge | Teton County | 1912 | 25,000 acres (100 km2)[562] |
Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge | Carbon County Natrona County |
1909 | 16,807 acres (68.02 km2)[563] |
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge | Sweetwater County | 1965 | 27,230 acres (110.2 km2)[564] |