List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States
As of 13 December 2011, there were 555 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States. Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge established is the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania.
The United States is divided into eight regions for administrative purposes:
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AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | DC | FL | GA | HI | ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY | Insular areas: | AS | GU | MP | PR | UM | VI |
Alabama
- Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
- Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge
- Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
- Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
- Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska
- Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
- Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
- Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
- Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
- Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
- Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
- Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
- Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
- Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
- Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
- Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
- Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Arizona
- Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
- Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
- Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
- Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
- Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
- Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge
- San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge
Arkansas
- Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
- Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
- Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
- Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge
- White River National Wildlife Refuge
California
- Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge
- Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
- Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex (CA and OR)
- Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
- North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area
- Pixley National Wildlife Refuge
- Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
- Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
- Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
- Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area
Colorado
- Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
- Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
- Baca National Wildlife Refuge
- Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
- Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
- Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
- Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
Connecticut
Delaware
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
- Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge (status revoked by Congress in October 1998)
- Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
District of Columbia
- None
Florida
- Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
- Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
- Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
- J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
- Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- National Key Deer Refuge
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (administered in Georgia)
- St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
- St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
- Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Georgia
- Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
- Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
Hawaii
- Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Idaho
- Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
- Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge
- Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
Illinois
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
- Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
- Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
- Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
- Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
- Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
- Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
Indiana
- Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
- Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
- Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area
Iowa
- DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
- Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
- Iowa Wetland Management District
- Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
- Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Kansas
- Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
- Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
- Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge
- Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
- East Cove National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
- North Louisiana Refuge Complex
- Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge
- Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
Maine
- Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
- Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area
- Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
- Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
- Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
- Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge
- Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
- Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
- Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
- Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
- Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
Michigan
- Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
- Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Huron National Wildlife Refuge
- Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area
- Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- Michigan Wetland Management District
- Seney National Wildlife Refuge
- Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota
- Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
- Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
- Big Stone Wetland Management District
- Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
- Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
- Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
- Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
- Litchfield Wetland Management District
- Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
- Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District
- Morris Wetland Management District
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
- Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Rydell National Wildlife Refuge
- Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
- Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
- Windom Wetland Management District
Mississippi
- Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
- Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge
- Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
- Mississippi Wetlands Management District
- Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
- St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
- Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Missouri
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
- Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
- Great River National Wildlife Refuge
- Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
- Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge
- Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge
- Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge
- Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Montana
- Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
- Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
- Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- National Bison Range Complex
- Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Nebraska
- Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
- Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
- Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
- John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge
- North Platte National Wildlife Refuge
- Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
Nevada
- Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Fallon National Wildlife Refuge
- Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NV and OR)
- Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
New Hampshire
- Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
- Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
- Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
New Jersey
- Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (shared with NY)
New Mexico
- Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
- Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
- Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
- San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
- Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
- Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
New York
- Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
- Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
- Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
- Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (shared with NJ)
North Carolina
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
- Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge
North Dakota
- Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge
- Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Arrowwood Wetland Management District
- Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Chase Lake Wetland Management District
- Halfway Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Valley City Wetland Management District
- Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge
- Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- McLean National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- White Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge
- Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Devils Lake Wetland Management District
- Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Brumba National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge
- Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
- Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
- Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- School Section Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District
- Kulm Wetland Management District
- Bone Hill Creek National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Maple River National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Lake George National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Long Lake Wetland Management District
- Slade National Wildlife Refuge
- Springwater National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge
- Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Wild Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (easement refuge)
- Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge
Ohio
Oklahoma
- Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
- Little River National Wildlife Refuge
- Optima National Wildlife Refuge
- Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge
- Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
- Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
- Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
- Washita National Wildlife Refuge
- Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Oregon
- Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer (WA and OR)
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex (CA and OR)
- Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
- Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
- Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NV and OR)
- Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
- Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Pennsylvania
- Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- Erie National Wildlife Refuge
- John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
- Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
- Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
- Santee National Wildlife Refuge
- Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex (administered in Georgia)
- Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
South Dakota
- Huron Wetland Management District
- Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Madison Wetland Management District
- Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Waubay National Wildlife Refuge
- Waubay Wetland Management District
Tennessee
- Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
- Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
- West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Texas
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
- Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
- Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
- Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
- Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
- Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
- Neches River National Wildlife Refuge
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
- Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
Utah
- Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
- Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
- Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
Vermont
Virginia
- Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
- Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
- Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge
- Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
Washington
- Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
- Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
- Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Copalis National Wildlife Refuge
- Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
- Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
- Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
- Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer (WA and OR)
- Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
- McNary National Wildlife Refuge
- Pierce National Wildlife Refuge
- Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge
- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
- Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
- San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
- Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
- Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
- Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
- Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
- Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
- Leopold Wetland Management District
- Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
- St. Croix Wetland Management District
- Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
- Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Wyoming
- Managed under Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (in Colorado)
- National Elk Refuge
- Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
Insular areas
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
- None
Puerto Rico
- Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex (PR, UM and VI)
US Minor Outlying Islands
- Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex (PR, UM and VI)
- Managed under Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge (in Hawaii)
- United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
US Virgin Islands
- Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex (PR, UM and VI)
See also
List of largest National Wildlife Refuges
References
US Fish and Wildlife Service list of National Wildlife Refuges
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