Refuge Name | Location | State | Date Established | Area |
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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge [5] | Baldwin County | AL | 1980 | 6,816 acres (27.58 km2) |
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge | Bibb County | AL | September 25, 2002 | 2,997 acres (12.13 km2) [6] |
Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge | Choctaw County | AL | 1964 | 4,218 acres (17.07 km2) |
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge | Barbour County, Alabama Stewart County, Georgia | AL | 1964 | 11,184 acres (45.26 km2) [7] |
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | AL | 1981 | 199 acres (0.81 km2) |
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Lauderdale County | AL | January 3, 1997 | 1,060 acres (4.3 km2) [8] |
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge | Calhoun County | AL | May 29, 2003 | 9,016 acres (36.49 km2) |
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | AL | 1978 | 264 acres (1.07 km2) |
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | AL | 1980 | 24 acres (0.097 km2) |
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | Morgan County, Limestone County, and Madison County | AL | 1938 | 35,000 acres (140 km2) [9] |
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 [10] | 3,421,420 acres (13,846.0 km2) |
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 | 3,574,259 acres (14,464.51 km2) |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 6, 1960 [11] | 19,287,042 acres (78,051.89 km2) |
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 [12] | 1,200,419.52 acres (4,857.9254 km2) |
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 [13] | 3,850,800.94 acres (15,583.6385 km2) |
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 [14] | 315,000 acres (1,270 km2) |
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 [15] | 1,637,000 acres (6,620 km2) |
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 [15] | 1,912,470.47 acres (7,739.4934 km2) [16] |
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | August 19, 1941 [17] | 1,880,891.52 acres (7,611.6979 km2) [16] |
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | 1980 | 3,550,159.96 acres (14,366.9876 km2) [16] |
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | 1980 | 1,560,239.99 acres (6,314.0672 km2) [16] |
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 | 2,150,561.94 acres (8,703.0154 km2) [16] |
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 | 700,286.95 acres (2,833.9607 km2) [16] |
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 | 4,104,246.80 acres (16,609.2975 km2) [16] |
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 | 19,226,606.25 acres (77,807.3150 km2) [16] |
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska | AK | December 2, 1980 | 8,636,951.06 acres (34,952.5009 km2) [16] |
Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge | Rose Atoll | AS | 1973 | 39,066 acres (158.09 km2) [18] |
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge | La Paz and Mojave Counties | AZ | 1993 [19] | 6,105 acres (24.71 km2) |
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | Pima County | AZ | 1985 | 117,107 acres (473.92 km2) |
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge | Yuma County | AZ | 1939 | 860,010 acres (3,480.3 km2) |
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | LaPaz County, Arizona Imperial County, California | AZ | 1964 | 16,627 acres (67.29 km2) |
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge | Mojave County, Arizona San Bernardino County, California | AZ | 1941 | 37,515 acres (151.82 km2) |
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | LaPaz and Yuma Counties, Arizona Imperial County, California | AZ | 1941 | 25,768 acres (104.28 km2) [20] |
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge | Yuma and LaPaz Counties | AZ | 1939 | 665,400 acres (2,693 km2) |
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | Cochise County | AZ | 1988 | 2,770 acres (11.2 km2) |
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge | Cochise County | AZ | 1982 | 2,309 acres (9.34 km2) |
Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge | White County | AR | 1993 | 15,022 acres (60.79 km2) [21] |
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Mississippi County | AR | 1915 | 11,038 acres (44.67 km2) [22] |
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | Woodruff County and several others | AR | 1986 | 67,500 acres (273 km2) [23] |
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | Union, Ashley, and Bradley Counties | AR | 1970 | 64,902 acres (262.65 km2) |
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge | Pope and Yell Counties | AR | 1957 | 7,057 acres (28.56 km2) [24] |
Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge | Benton County | AR | March 14, 1989 | 123 acres (0.50 km2) [25] |
Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | Ashley County | AR | 1980 | 13,973 acres (56.55 km2) [26] |
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Sevier County | AR | 1994 | 27,300 acres (110 km2) |
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge | Crittenden County | AR | January 1961 | 5,484 acres (22.19 km2) |
White River National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County and several others | AR | 1935 | 160,756 acres (650.56 km2) |
Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge | Contra Costa County | CA | 1980 | 55 acres (0.22 km2) [27] |
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Kern County | CA | 1985 | 14,097 acres (57.05 km2) [28] |
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge | Tulare County | CA | 1982 | 897 acres (3.63 km2) [29] |
Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area | Butte/Colusa/Sutter Counties | CA | 1980 | 11,044 acres (44.69 km2) [30] |
Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge | Del Norte County | CA | 1979 | 14 acres (0.057 km2) [31] |
Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Modoc County | CA | 1911 | 46,460 acres (188.0 km2) [32] |
Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Riverside County | CA | 1985 | 3,709 acres (15.01 km2) [33] |
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | Colusa County | CA | 1945 | 4,507 acres (18.24 km2) [34] |
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge | Colusa County | CA | 1962 | 5,797 acres (23.46 km2) [35] |
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Alameda/Santa Clara/San Mateo Counties | CA | 1974 | 30,000 acres (120 km2) [36] |
Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Santa Cruz County | CA | 1975 | 168 acres (0.68 km2) [37] |
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge | Farallon Islands, near San Francisco | CA | 1969 | 41.9 acres (0.170 km2) [38] |
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area | Merced County | CA | 1979 | 70,000 acres (280 km2) [39] |
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge | Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo Counties | CA | 2000 | 2,553 acres (10.33 km2) [40] |
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge | Ventura County | CA | 1974 | 2,471 acres (10.00 km2) [41] |
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge *Lanphere Dunes | Humboldt County | CA | 1971 | 4,000 acres (16 km2) [42] |
Kern National Wildlife Refuge | Kern County | CA | 1960 | 1,249 acres (5.05 km2) [43] |
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | Siskiyou County also in Klamath County, Oregon | CA | 1908 | 50,913 acres (206.04 km2) [44] |
Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Marin County | CA | 1992 [45] | - |
Merced National Wildlife Refuge | Merced County | CA | 1951 | 10,262 acres (41.53 km2) [46] |
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge | Modoc County | CA | 1961 | 7,000 acres (28 km2) [47] |
North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area | Sacramento Valley | CA | 1991 | 46,460 acres (188.0 km2) [48] |
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge | Tulare County | CA | 1959 | 6,939 acres (28.08 km2) [49] |
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | Colusa/Glenn Counties | CA | 1937 | 10,819 acres (43.78 km2) [50] |
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | Butte/Glenn/Tehama Counties | CA | 1989 | 10,146 acres (41.06 km2) [51] |
Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge | Monterey County | CA | 1974 | 316 acres (1.28 km2) [52] |
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge | San Diego County | CA | 1999 | 2,620 acres (10.6 km2) [53] |
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | San Diego County | CA | - | 11,152 acres (45.13 km2) [54] |
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | San Joaquin/Stanislaus Counties | CA | 1987 | 7,000 acres (28 km2) [55] |
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge | Merced County | CA | 1966 | 26,600 acres (108 km2) [56] |
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Napa/Solano/Sonoma Counties | CA | 1970 | 13,190 acres (53.4 km2) [57] |
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge | Orange County | CA | 1972 | 911 acres (3.69 km2) [58] |
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge | Imperial County | CA | 1930 | 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) [59] |
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | Sacramento County | CA | 1994 | 17,641 acres (71.39 km2) [60] |
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | Sutter County | CA | 1945 | 2,591 acres (10.49 km2) [61] |
Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge | San Diego County | CA | 1980 | 2,521 acres (10.20 km2) [62] |
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Modoc/Siskiyou Counties | CA | 1928 | 39,116 acres (158.30 km2) [63] |
Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area | Colusa/Glenn Counties | CA | 1985 | 5,795 acres (23.45 km2) [64] |
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge | Alamosa, Conejos and Costilla Counties | CO | 1993 | 11,169 acres (45.20 km2) [65] |
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | CO | 1967 | 23,464 acres (94.96 km2) [66] |
Baca National Wildlife Refuge | Saguache and Alamosa Counties | CO | 2003 | 78,697 acres (318.48 km2) |
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge | Moffat County | CO | 1965 | 12,150 acres (49.2 km2) [67] |
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge | Alamosa and Rio Grande Counties | CO | 1953 | 14,800 acres (60 km2) [67] |
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | CO | July 12, 2007 | 3,953 acres (16.00 km2) |
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge | Adams County | CO | 1992 | 15,988 acres (64.70 km2) |
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | CO | 1992 | 72.2 acres (0.292 km2) |
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge | Connecticut | CT | 1972 | 950 acres (3.8 km2) [68] |
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | Kent County | DE | 1937 | 16,251 acres (65.77 km2) [69] |
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | Sussex County | DE | 1963 | 10,144 acres (41.05 km2) [70] |
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge | Brevard County Indian River County | FL | 1991 | 900 acres (3.6 km2) [71] |
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | Palm Beach County | FL | 1951 | 147,392 acres (596.47 km2) [72] |
Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | Lee County | FL | 1921 | 40 acres (0.16 km2) [73] |
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge | Levy County | FL | 1929 | 891 acres (3.61 km2) [74] |
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge | Citrus County Hernando County | FL | 1941 | 31,000 acres (130 km2) [75] |
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County | FL | 1980 | 6,686 acres (27.06 km2) [76] |
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge | Citrus County | FL | 1983 | 80 acres (0.32 km2) [77] |
Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge | Hillsborough County | FL | 1974 | 450 acres (1.8 km2) [78] |
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area | Hardee County Highlands County Polk County | FL | 1991 | 900 acres (3.6 km2) [79] |
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | Collier County | FL | 1989 | 26,400 acres (107 km2) [80] |
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County | FL | 1938 | 130,187 acres (526.85 km2) [81] |
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge | Martin County | FL | 1969 | 1,035 acres (4.19 km2) [82] |
Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Charlotte County | FL | 1908 | 20 acres (0.081 km2) [83] |
J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge | Lee County | FL | 1976 | 5,200 acres (21 km2) [84] |
Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County | FL | 1957 | 8,542 acres (34.57 km2) [85] |
Key West National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County | FL | 1908 | 189,497 acres (766.87 km2) [86] |
Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge | Highlands County Polk County | FL | 1990 | 1,194 acres (4.83 km2) [87] |
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge | Lake County Volusia County | FL | 1964 | 21,574 acres (87.31 km2) [88] |
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | Dixie County Levy County | FL | 1979 | 53,000 acres (210 km2) [89] |
Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge | Lee County | FL | 1908 | 538 acres (2.18 km2) [90] |
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | Brevard County | FL | 1963 | 140,000 acres (570 km2) [91] |
Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge | Manatee County | FL | 1905 | 64 acres (0.26 km2) [92] |
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge | Indian River County | FL | 1903-First National Wildlife Refuge in U.S. | 5,376 acres (21.76 km2) [93] |
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge | Lee County | FL | 1908 | 601 acres (2.43 km2) [94] |
Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge | Pinellas County | FL | 1951 | 394 acres (1.59 km2) [95] |
St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge | Brevard County | FL | 1971 | 6,255 acres (25.31 km2) [96] |
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County Taylor County Wakulla County | FL | 1931 | 68,000 acres (280 km2) [97] |
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge | Franklin County Gulf County | FL | 1968 | 12,490 acres (50.5 km2) [98] |
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Collier County Monroe County | FL | 1996 | 35,000 acres (140 km2) [99] |
Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Lanier County | GA | 1985 | 4,049 acres (16.39 km2) [100] |
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | McIntosh County | GA | 1924 | 5,618 acres (22.74 km2) [101] |
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Bibb County Twiggs County | GA | 1989 | 6,500 acres (26 km2) [102] |
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | McIntosh County | GA | 1962 | 2,762 acres (11.18 km2) [103] |
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | Primarily in Charlton and Ware Counties, Georgia and Baker County, Florida | GA | 1937 | 402,000 acres (1,630 km2) [104] |
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge | Jasper County Jones County | GA | 1939 | 35,000 acres (140 km2) [105] |
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge* | Chatham and Effingham Counties, Georgia and Jasper County, South Carolina | GA | 1927 | 29,175 acres (118.07 km2) [106] |
Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | Chatham County | GA | 1969 | 10,053 acres (40.68 km2) [107] |
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | McIntosh County | GA | 1930 | 5,126 acres (20.74 km2) [108] |
Guam National Wildlife Refuge | Guam | GU | 1993 | 1,203 acres (4.87 km2) [109] |
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Hawaiʻi | HI | 1985 | 38,047 acres (153.97 km2) [110] |
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Kauaʻi | HI | 1972 | 917 acres (3.71 km2) [111] |
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Hawaiʻi | HI | 1909 | 245,000 acres (990 km2) [112] |
Hulē‘ia National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Kauaʻi | HI | 1973 | 241 acres (0.98 km2) [113] |
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Oʻahu | HI | 1976 | 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) [114] |
Kakahai‘a National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Molokaʻi | HI | 1977 | 44 acres (0.18 km2) [115] |
Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Maui | HI | 1992 | 700 acres (2.8 km2) [116] |
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Kauaʻi | HI | 1985 | 203 acres (0.82 km2) [117] |
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Oʻahu | HI | 2000 | 4,525 acres (18.31 km2) [118] |
Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge | Island of Oʻahu | HI | 1972 | 63 acres (0.25 km2) [119] |
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Bear Lake County | ID | 1968 | 19,000 acres (77 km2) [120] |
Camas National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Jefferson County | ID | 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 | ID | 1909 | 10,548 acres (42.69 km2) [122] |
Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Bonneville County Caribou County | ID | 1965 | 19,400 acres (79 km2) [123] |
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge | Boundary County | ID | 1964 | 2,774 acres (11.23 km2) [124] |
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Blaine County Cassia County Minidoka County Power County | ID | 1909 | 20,751 acres (83.98 km2) [125] |
Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area | Bannock County Franklin County | ID | 1985 | 1,878 acres (7.60 km2) [126] |
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | Mason County | IL | 1936 | 4,388 acres (17.76 km2) [127] |
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County Union County Williamson County | IL | 1947 | 43,890 acres (177.6 km2) [128] |
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Alexander County Johnson County Pulaski County Union County | IL | 1990 | 16,000 acres (65 km2) [129] |
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge | Fulton County | IL | 1993 | 11,122 acres (45.01 km2) [130] |
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge | McHenry County Walworth County, Wisconsin | IL | 2012 | 11,200 acres (45 km2) [131] |
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area | Iroquois County | IL | 2016 | 66 acres (0.27 km2) [132] |
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge | Cass County Morgan County | IL | 1973 | 5,255 acres (21.27 km2) [133] |
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge | Illinois Missouri | IL | 2000 | 7,000 acres (28 km2) [134] |
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | Illinois Missouri | IL | 1958 | 8,501 acres (34.40 km2) [135] |
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County Jennings County Ripley County | IN | 2000 | 50,000 acres (200 km2) [136] |
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County Jennings County Monroe County | IN | 1966 | 7,880 acres (31.9 km2) [137] |
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area | Gibson County Pike County | IN | 1994 | 23,962 acres (96.97 km2) [138] |
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge | Harrison County Pottawattamie County Washington County, Nebraska | IA | 1958 | 8,362 acres (33.84 km2) [139] |
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge | Iowa Illinois Wisconsin | IA | 1989 | 911 acres (3.69 km2) [140] |
Iowa Wetland Management District | Covers 15 counties | IA | | 25,000 acres (100 km2) 75 waterfowl production areas [141] |
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | Jasper County | IA | 1990 | 8,654 acres (35.02 km2) [142] |
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | Louisa County Mercer County, Illinois | IA | 1958 | 1,078 acres (4.36 km2) [143] |
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Kossuth County | IA | 1938 | 3,334 acres (13.49 km2) [144] |
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | Coffey County Lyon County | 1966 | 18,463 acres (74.72 km2) [145] |
Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge | Phillips County | KS | 1954 | 10,778 acres (43.62 km2) [146] |
Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | Linn County | KS | 1992 | 7,500 acres (30 km2) [147] |
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | Reno County Rice County Stafford County | KS | 1955 | 22,135 acres (89.58 km2) [148] |
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge | Graves County Marshall County McCracken County | KY | 1997 | 8,040 acres (32.5 km2) [149] |
Green River National Wildlife Refuge | Henderson County | KY | 2019 | 10 acres (0.040 km2) [150] |
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge | Iberville Parish St. Martin Parish | LA | 1986 | 15,220 acres (61.6 km2) [151] |
Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge | Concordia Parish | LA | 1992 | 13,200 acres (53 km2) [152] |
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge | New Orleans | LA | 1990 | 22,770 acres (92.1 km2) [153] |
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge | St. Mary Parish | LA | 2001 | 9,028 acres (36.54 km2) [154] |
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge | St. Tammany Parish | LA | 2001 | 24,000 acres (97 km2) [155] |
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Ouachita Parish | LA | 1997 | 4,200 acres (17 km2) [156] |
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge | St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana and Pearl River County, Mississippi | LA | 1980 | 40,000 acres (160 km2) [157] |
Breton National Wildlife Refuge | St. Bernard Parish Plaquemines Parish | LA | 1904 | 13,000 acres (53 km2) [158] |
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron Parish | LA | 1986 | 9,621 acres (38.93 km2) [159] |
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge | West Feliciana Parish | LA | 2000 | 9,623 acres (38.94 km2) [160] |
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge | Catahoula Parish LaSalle Parish | LA | 1958 | 25,162 acres (101.83 km2) [161] |
D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge | Ouachita Parish Union Parish | LA | 1986 [162] | - |
Delta National Wildlife Refuge | Plaquemines Parish | LA | 1935 | 49,000 acres (200 km2) [163] |
Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge | Avoyelles Parish | LA | 1989 | 6,077 acres (24.59 km2) [164] |
East Cove National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron Parish | LA | 1937 | 14,927 acres (60.41 km2) [165] |
Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge | Morehouse Parish | LA | 1988 | 501 acres (2.03 km2) [166] |
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron Parish Evangeline Parish | LA | 1937 | 35,000 acres (140 km2) [167] |
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge | Avoyelles Parish | LA | 1988 | 17,500 acres (71 km2) [168] |
Louisiana Wetland Management District | 20 parishes in northern Louisiana | LA | 1990 | 25,710 acres (104.0 km2) [169] |
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge | Terrebonne Parish | LA | 1996 | 4,416 acres (17.87 km2) [170] |
Red River National Wildlife Refuge | Bossier Parish Caddo Parish DeSoto Parish Natchitoches Parish Red River Parish | LA | 2001 | 50,000 acres (200 km2) [171] |
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron Parish | LA | 1937 | 125,790 acres (509.1 km2) [172] |
Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge | Iberia Parish | LA | 1907 [173] | - |
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge | Franklin Parish Madison Parish Tensas Parish | LA | 1998 | 64,012 acres (259.05 km2) [174] |
Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge | Morehouse Parish Union Parish | LA | 1978 | 41,430 acres (167.7 km2) [175] |
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge | Aroostook County | ME | 1998 | 5,252 acres (21.25 km2) [176] |
Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area | Waldo County | ME | 1966 | 1,055 acres (4.27 km2) [177] |
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | Washington County | ME | 1980 | 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) [178] |
Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | Knox County | ME | 1973 | 12 acres (0.049 km2) [179] |
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | ME | 1937 | 28,751 acres (116.35 km2) [180] |
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | Hancock County Washington County | ME | 1974 | 6,367 acres (25.77 km2) [181] |
Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | Sagadahoc County | ME | 1973 | 10 acres (0.040 km2) [182] |
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge | Cumberland County York County | ME | 1966 | 9,125 acres (36.93 km2) [183] |
Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | Knox County | ME | 1972 | 65 acres (0.26 km2) [184] |
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Penobscot County | ME | 1988 | 11,435 acres (46.28 km2) [185] |
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Dorchester County | MD | 1933 | 28,894.35 acres (116.9313 km2) [186] |
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Kent County | MD | 1962 | 2,285 acres (9.25 km2) [187] |
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Somerset County Accomack County, Virginia | MD | 1954 | 4,548 acres (18.41 km2) [188] |
Patuxent Research Refuge | Anne Arundel County Prince George's County | MD | 1936 | 12,800 acres (52 km2) [189] |
Susquehanna River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Harford County | MD | 1944 | 3.79 acres (0.0153 km2) [190] |
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge | Sudbury | MA | 2005 | 2,230 acres (9.0 km2) [191] |
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Sudbury | MA | 1944 | 250 acres (1.0 km2) [192] |
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge | Mashpee | MA | 1995 | 341.65 acres (1.3826 km2) [193] |
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge | Plymouth | MA | 1983 | 195 acres (0.79 km2) [194] |
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge | Barnstable County | MA | 1944 | 7,604 acres (30.77 km2) [195] |
Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge | Nantucket | MA | 1973 | 24 acres (0.097 km2) [196] |
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge | Nomans Land | MA | 1998 | 640 acres (2.6 km2) [197] |
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge | Middlesex County Worcester County | MA | 1974 | 1,667 acres (6.75 km2) [198] |
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge | Plum Island | MA | 1942 | 4,662 acres (18.87 km2) [199] |
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge | Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Vermont | MA | 1997 | 31,216 acres (126.33 km2) [200] |
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge | Thacher Island | MA | 1972 | 22 acres (0.089 km2) [201] |
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge | Detroit River Lake Erie | MI | 2001 | 5,868 acres (23.75 km2) [202] |
Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge | Lake Huron | MI | 1983 | 695 acres (2.81 km2) [203] |
Huron National Wildlife Refuge | Lake Superior | MI | 1905 | 147 acres (0.59 km2) [204] |
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area | Lower Peninsula of Michigan | MI | 1980 | 6,684 acres (27.05 km2) [205] |
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Lake Michigan Lake Huron | MI | 1943 | 744 acres (3.01 km2) [206] |
Michigan Wetland Management District | Lower Peninsula of Michigan | MI | 1980 | 664 acres (2.69 km2) [207] |
Seney National Wildlife Refuge | Schoolcraft County | MI | 1935 | 95,265 acres (385.52 km2) [208] |
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | Saginaw County | MI | 1953 | 9,870 acres (39.9 km2) [209] |
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge | Marshall County | MN | 1937 | 61,500 acres (249 km2) [210] |
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | Big Stone County Lac qui Parle County | MN | 1975 | 11,586 acres (46.89 km2) [211] |
Big Stone Wetland Management District | Lincoln County Lyon County | MN | 1975 | 3,000 acres (12 km2) [212] |
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Morrison County | MN | 1992 | 13,540 acres (54.8 km2) [213] |
Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | Northwestern Minnesota | MN | 1953 | 53,000 acres (210 km2) [214] |
Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | West Central Minnesota | MN | 1962 | 72,699 acres (294.20 km2) [215] |
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge | Polk County | MN | 2004 | 37,756 acres (152.79 km2) [216] |
Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Becker County | MN | 1989 | 5,944 acres (24.05 km2) [217] |
Litchfield Wetland Management District | Central Minnesota | MN | 1978 | 36,000 acres (150 km2) [218] |
Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge | Mille Lacs County | MN | 1915 | 0.57 acres (0.0023 km2) [219] |
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Carver County Dakota County Hennepin County Le Sueur County Scott County Sibley County | MN | 1976 | 14,000 acres (57 km2) [220] |
Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District | Southeastern Minnesota | MN | 1988 | 8,000 acres (32 km2) [221] |
Morris Wetland Management District | West Central Minnesota | MN | | 50,000 acres (200 km2) [222] |
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge | Minnesota Iowa | MN | 2000 | 5,000 acres (20 km2) [223] |
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Aitkin County | MN | 1935 | 18,208 acres (73.69 km2) [224] |
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge | Polk County | MN | 1992 | 2,120 acres (8.6 km2) [225] |
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | Sherburne County | MN | 1965 | 30,700 acres (124 km2) [226] |
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge | Becker County | MN | 1938 | 42,724 acres (172.90 km2) [227] |
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge | Upper Mississippi River in: Illinois Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin | MN | 1924 | 240,000 acres (970 km2) [228] |
Windom Wetland Management District | South Central Minnesota | MN | - | 14,000 acres (57 km2) [229] |
Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge | Quitman County Tallahatchie County | MS | 2000 | 2,069 acres (8.37 km2) [230] |
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge | Bolivar County | MS | 1990 | 9,691 acres (39.22 km2) [231] |
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County Mobile County, Alabama | MS | 1992 | 32,000 acres (130 km2) [232] |
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge | Holmes County | MS | 1975 | 15,572 acres (63.02 km2) [233] |
Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | MS | 2004 | 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) [234] |
Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge | Leflore County | MS | 1980 | 2,418 acres (9.79 km2) [235] |
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge | Jackson County | MS | 1975 | 19,000 acres (77 km2) [236] |
Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge | Holmes County | MS | 1977 | 7,383 acres (29.88 km2) [237] |
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Yazoo County | MS | 1978 | 38,697 acres (156.60 km2) [238] |
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge | Noxubee County Oktibbeha County Winston County | MS | 1940 | 48,000 acres (190 km2) [239] |
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Adams County | MS | 1990 | 34,256 acres (138.63 km2) [240] |
Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge | Grenada County Tallahatchie County | MS | 1990 | 4,199 acres (16.99 km2) [241] |
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge | Holmes County Humphreys County Leflore County Sharkey County Warren County Washington County | MS | 2004 [242] | - |
Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | MS | 1936 | 12,941 acres (52.37 km2) [243] |
Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge | Missouri River | MO | 1994 | 16,700 acres (68 km2) [244] |
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge | Pike County | MO | 1964 | 3,750 acres (15.2 km2) [245] |
Great River National Wildlife Refuge | Clark County Lewis County Adams County, Illinois Pike County, Illinois | MO | 1958 | 11,600 acres (47 km2) [246] |
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge | Holt County | MO | 1935 | 7,415 acres (30.01 km2) [247] |
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | Stoddard County Wayne County | MO | 1944 | 21,676 acres (87.72 km2) [248] |
Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge | Lawrence County | MO | 1991 | 40 acres (0.16 km2) [249] |
Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge | Iron County | MO | 1987 | 90 acres (0.36 km2) [250] |
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Chariton County | MO | 1937 | 10,795 acres (43.69 km2) [251] |
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Cascade County | MT | 1929 | 12,459 acres (50.42 km2) [252] |
Benton Lake Wetland Management District | Montana | MT | 1975 | 16,000 acres (65 km2) [253] |
Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge | Blaine County | MT | 1938 | 1,308 acres (5.29 km2) [254] |
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | Phillips County | MT | 1936 | 15,551 acres (62.93 km2) [255] |
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | Fergus County Garfield County McCone County Petroleum County Phillips County Valley County | MT | 1936 | 915,814 acres (3,706.17 km2) [256] |
Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge | Hill County | MT | 1941 | 2,728 acres (11.04 km2) [257] |
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Halfbreed Lake NWR) | Stillwater County | MT | 1987 | 4,318 acres (17.47 km2) [258] |
Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge | Stillwater County | MT | 1942 | 2,700 acres (11 km2) [259] |
Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Phillips County | MT | 1938 | 1,360 acres (5.5 km2) [260] |
Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge | Musselshell County | MT | 1941 | 16,814 acres (68.04 km2) [261] |
Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge | Hill County | MT | 1937 | 3,868 acres (15.65 km2) [262] |
Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge | Wibaux County | MT | 1942 | 800 acres (3.2 km2) [262] |
Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge | Ravalli County | MT | 1964 | 2,800 acres (11 km2) [263] |
Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge | Flathead County | MT | 1999 | 8,834 acres (35.75 km2) [264] |
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Sheridan County Roosevelt County | MT | 1935 | 31,533 acres (127.61 km2) [265] |
Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge | Lake County | MT | 1921 | 4,027 acres (16.30 km2) [266] |
Northwest Montana Wetland Management District | Montana | MT | 1970 | 14,752 acres (59.70 km2) [267] |
Pablo National Wildlife Refuge | Lake County | MT | 1921 | 2,473 acres (10.01 km2) [268] |
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | Beaverhead County | MT | 1932 | 65,810 acres (266.3 km2) [269] |
Swan River National Wildlife Refuge | Lake County | MT | 1973 | 1,568 acres (6.35 km2) [270] |
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge | Phillips County | MT | 1969 | 56,048 acres (226.82 km2) [271] |
War Horse National Wildlife Refuge | Petroleum County | MT | 1958 | 3,392 acres (13.73 km2) [272] |
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County | NE | 1992 | 4,040 acres (16.3 km2) [273] |
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Garden County | NE | 1931 | 45,818 acres (185.42 km2) [274] |
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | Cherry County | NE | 1912 | 19,131 acres (77.42 km2) [275] |
John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge | Rock County | NE | 1999 | 2,400 acres (9.7 km2) [276] |
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge | Scotts Bluff County | NE | 1916 | 5,047 acres (20.42 km2) [276] |
Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | South Central Nebraska | NE | 1963 | 22,864 acres (92.53 km2) [277] |
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | Cherry County | NE | 1935 | 71,516 acres (289.41 km2) [278] |
Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge | Washoe County | NV | 1913 | 247 acres (1.00 km2) [279] |
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas) | Nye County | NV | 1984 | 23,000 acres (93 km2) [280] |
Desert National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas) | Clark County Lincoln County | NV | 1936 | 1,615,000 acres (6,540 km2) [281] |
Fallon National Wildlife Refuge | Churchill County | NV | 1931 | 15,000 acres (61 km2) [282] |
Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas) | Clark County | NV | 1979 | 106 acres (0.43 km2) [283] |
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas) | Lincoln County | NV | 1963 | 5,380 acres (21.8 km2) [284] |
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Elko County White Pine County | NV | 1938 | 37,632 acres (152.29 km2) [285] |
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Lakeview, Oregon) | Humboldt County Washoe County Lake County, Oregon | NV | 1931 | 573,504 acres (2,320.89 km2) [286] |
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge | Churchill County | NV | 1949 | 79,570 acres (322.0 km2) [287] |
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Rockingham County | NH | 1992 | 1,116 acres (4.52 km2) [288] |
John Hay National Wildlife Refuge | Merrimack County | NH | 1987 | 164 acres (0.66 km2) [289] |
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge | Coös County Oxford County, Maine | NH | 1992 | 25,650 acres (103.8 km2) [290] |
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge | Hillsborough County | NH | 1972 | 1,672 acres (6.77 km2) [291] |
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge | Cape May County | NJ | 1989 | 21,200 acres (86 km2) [292] |
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge | Atlantic County Ocean County | NJ | 1984 | 47,437 acres (191.97 km2) [293] |
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Morris County | NJ | 1960 | 7,800 acres (32 km2) [294] |
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Salem County | NJ | 1974 | 3,230 acres (13.1 km2) [295] |
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge | Sussex County Orange County, New York | NJ | 1990 | 5,100 acres (21 km2) [296] |
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Chaves County | NM | 1937 | 24,563 acres (99.40 km2) [297] |
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge | Socorro County | NM | 1939 | 57,331 acres (232.01 km2) [298] |
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge | Roosevelt County Bailey County, Texas | NM | 1969 | 3,264 acres (13.21 km2) [299] |
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge | San Miguel County | NM | 1965 | 8,672 acres (35.09 km2) [300] |
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge | Mora County | NM | 2012 | 4,224 acres (17.09 km2) [301] |
Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge | Colfax County | NM | 1965 | 3,699 acres (14.97 km2) [302] |
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge | Doña Ana County | NM | 1941 | 57,215 acres (231.54 km2) [303] |
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | Socorro County | NM | 1973 | 230,000 acres (930 km2) [304] |
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge | Bernalillo County | NM | 2012 | 570 acres (2.3 km2) [305] |
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1968 | 36 acres (0.15 km2) [306] |
Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1971 | 60 acres (0.24 km2) [307] |
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1954 | 187 acres (0.76 km2) [308] |
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | Genesee County Orleans County | NY | 1958 | 10,828 acres (43.82 km2) [309] |
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge | Seneca County | NY | 1937 | 10,004 acres (40.48 km2) [310] |
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Nassau County | NY | 1968 | 3,209 acres (12.99 km2) [311] |
Sayville National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1992 | 127 acres (0.51 km2) [312] |
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1968 | 196 acres (0.79 km2) [313] |
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge | Ulster County | NY | 1999 | 597 acres (2.42 km2) [314] |
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1967 | 80 acres (0.32 km2) [315] |
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Suffolk County | NY | 1947 | 2,550 acres (10.3 km2) [316] |
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Dare County Hyde County | NC | 1984 | 152,000 acres (620 km2) [317] |
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Carteret County | NC | 1964 | 14,480 acres (58.6 km2) [318] |
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Currituck County | NC | 1984 | 8,316 acres (33.65 km2) [319] |
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Currituck County Virginia Beach, Virginia | NC | 1960 | 8,231 acres (33.31 km2) [320] |
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Hyde County | NC | 1934 | 50,173 acres (203.04 km2) [321] |
Mountain Bogs National Wildlife Refuge | Ashe County | NC | 2015 | 39 acres (0.16 km2) [322] |
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Dare County | NC | 1938 | 31,534 acres (127.61 km2) [323] |
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge | Anson County Richmond County | NC | 1963 | 8,443 acres (34.17 km2) [324] |
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Hyde County Tyrrell County Washington County | NC | 1963 | 110,106 acres (445.58 km2) [325] |
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Bertie County | NC | 1989 | 20,978 acres (84.89 km2) [326] |
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Hyde County | NC | 1932 | 16,411 acres (66.41 km2) [327] |
Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Emmons County | ND | 1930s | 1,978 acres (8.00 km2) Easement on private land [328] |
Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District) | Walsh County | ND | 1939 [329] | 3,084 acres (12.48 km2) [330] Easement on private land [331] |
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Stutsman County | ND | 1935 | 15,934 acres (64.48 km2) [332] |
Arrowwood Wetland Management District (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Eddy County Foster County | ND | 1961 | 6,162 acres (24.94 km2) [333] |
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | McLean County | ND | 1956 (renamed 1967) | 14,735 acres (59.63 km2) [334] |
Audubon Wetland Management District (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | McLean County Sheridan County | ND | 1950s | 155,000 acres (630 km2) 84 waterfowl production areas [335] |
Bone Hill National Wildlife Refuge | LaMoure County | ND | 1939 | 1,978 acres (8.00 km2) Easement on private land [336] |
Brumba National Wildlife Refuge | Towner County | ND | 1939 [337] | Easement on private land [338] |
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (North Dakota) | Pierce County | ND | | Easement on private land [339] |
Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge | McLean County | ND | | 585 acres (2.37 km2) Easement on private land [340] |
Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Burleigh County | ND | | 1,978 acres (8.00 km2) Easement on private land [341] |
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Stutsman County | ND | 1908 | 4,385 acres (17.75 km2) [342] |
Chase Lake Wetland Management District (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Stutsman County Wells County | ND | 1993 | 162,925 acres (659.33 km2) 135 waterfowl production areas [343] |
Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge | McHenry County | ND | 1939 [344] | Easement on private land [345] |
Crosby Wetland Management District (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex) | Burke County Divide County Williams County | ND | 1962 | 21,219 acres (85.87 km2) 90 waterfowl production areas [346] |
Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Dickey County | ND | 1939 | 2,784 acres (11.27 km2) Easement on private land [328] |
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex) | Burke County Ward County | ND | 1935 | 19,500 acres (79 km2) [347] |
Devils Lake Wetland Management District (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District) | Benson County Cavalier County Grand Forks County Pembina County Ramsey County Towner County Walsh County | ND | | 258,000 acres (1,040 km2) 257 waterfowl production areas [348] |
Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Burleigh County | ND | 1939 | 1,888.2 acres (7.641 km2) [349] |
Half-Way Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Stutsman County | ND | 1939 | 160 acres (0.65 km2) Easement on private land [350] |
Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge | McLean County | ND | 1939 [351] | 675 acres (2.73 km2) Easement on private land [352] |
Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Barnes County | ND | 1939 [353] | 2,077 acres (8.41 km2) Easement on private land [354] |
Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Kidder County | ND | | Easement on private land [355] |
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Bottineau County McHenry County | ND | 1935 | 58,700 acres (238 km2) [356] |
J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District (Managed by the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Bottineau County McHenry County Pierce County Renville County Rolette County | ND | 1966 | 185,090 acres (749.0 km2) [357] |
Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Eddy County Nelson County | ND | 1939 | 2,002 acres (8.10 km2) Easement on private land [358] |
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District) | Grand Forks County | ND | 1936 | 2,146 acres (8.68 km2) [359] |
Kulm Wetland Management District | Dickey County LaMoure County Logan County McIntosh County | ND | 1971 | 279,184 acres (1,129.82 km2) 200 waterfowl production areas [360] |
Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District) | Ramsey County | ND | 1935 | 8,512 acres (34.45 km2) [361] |
Lake George National Wildlife Refuge | Stutsman County | ND | 1939 [362] | Easement on private land [363] |
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Dunn County | ND | 1939 | 4,000 acres (16 km2) [364] |
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | McLean County | ND | 1939 [365] | 1,285 acres (5.20 km2) [366] |
Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge | McLean County | ND | | 320 acres (1.3 km2) Easement on private land [367] |
Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge | Morton County | ND | 1939 [368] | 800 acres (3.2 km2) Easement on private land [369] |
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex) | Williams County | ND | 1939 [370] | 3,823 acres (15.47 km2) [371] |
Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Nelson County | ND | 1939 [372] | Easement on private land [373] |
Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge | Grand Forks County | ND | | Easement on private land [374] |
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Burleigh County | ND | 1932 | 22,300 acres (90 km2) [375] |
Long Lake Wetland Management District (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Kidder County Burleigh County Emmons County | ND | 1950s | 100,000 acres (400 km2) [376] |
Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Bottineau County | ND | | Easement on private land [377] |
Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge | McLean County | ND | | 960 acres (3.9 km2) Easement on private land [378] |
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex) | Burke County Mountrail County | ND | 1940 [379] | 27,589 acres (111.65 km2) [380] |
Lostwood Wetland Management District (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex) | Mountrail County Ward County | ND | 1961 | Scattered small tracts [381] |
Maple River National Wildlife Refuge | Dickey County | ND | 1939 [382] | 414 acres (1.68 km2) Federal land 1,120 acres (4.5 km2) Easement on private land [383] |
McLean National Wildlife Refuge | McLean County | ND | 1939 (as Lake Susie NWR) | 760 acres (3.1 km2) [384] |
Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Benson County | ND | 1939 [385] | 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) Easement on private land [328] |
Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge | Grant County | ND | 760 | 800 acres (3.2 km2) Easement on private land [386] |
Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Rolette County | ND | | Easement on private land [387] |
Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Towner County | ND | 1939 [388] | Easement on private land [389] |
Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Nelson County | ND | 1948 | 872.1 acres (3.529 km2) Easement on private land [390] |
School Section Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Rolette County | ND | 1935 | Easement on private land [391] |
Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex) | Mountrail County | ND | 1939 [392] | 1,835 acres (7.43 km2) [393] |
Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Griggs County | ND | | 1,077 acres (4.36 km2) Easement on private land [394] |
Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Benson County | ND | 1938 | 398.76 acres (1.6137 km2) Easement on private land [395] |
Slade National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Kidder County | ND | 1940 | 3,000 acres (12 km2) [396] |
Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Towner County | ND | 1941 | Easement on private land [397] |
Springwater National Wildlife Refuge | Emmons County | ND | | Easement on private land [398] |
Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Slope County | ND | 1941 | 730 acres (3.0 km2) federal land 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) easement on private land [399] |
Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Barnes County | ND | 1941 | 1,120 acres (4.5 km2) Federal land 880 acres (3.6 km2) Easement on private land [400] |
Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Sargent County | ND | | Easement on private land [401] |
Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Nelson County | ND | 1905 | Currently under water [402] |
Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Emmons County | ND | | 328 acres (1.33 km2) Easement on private land [403] |
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by theSouris River Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Sargent County | ND | 1945 | 8,343 acres (33.76 km2) [404] |
Tewaukon Wetland Management District (Managed by the Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Ransom County Richland County Sargent County | ND | | 49,000 acres (200 km2) [405] |
Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge | Barnes County | ND | | 440 acres (1.8 km2) Easement on private land [406] |
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by theSouris River Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Renville County Ward County | ND | 1932 | 32,092 acres (129.87 km2) [407] |
Valley City Wetland Management District (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Barnes County Cass County Griggs County Steele County Traill County | ND | 1971 | 89,000 acres (360 km2) 82 waterfowl production areas [408] |
White Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Slope County | ND | 1941 | 1,040 acres (4.2 km2) [409] |
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District) | Benson County | ND | 1904 | 1,674 acres (6.77 km2) [410] |
Wild Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Sargent County | ND | | Easement on private land [411] |
Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Rolette County | ND | | Easement on private land [412] |
Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge | McHenry County | ND | | Easement on private land [413] |
Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Benson County | ND | 1935 | Easement on private land [414] |
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lucas County | OH | 1965 | 2,449.77 acres (9.9139 km2) [415] |
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lucas County Ottawa County | OH | 1961 | 6,857.91 acres (27.7530 km2) [416] |
West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lucas County | OH | 1937 | 77 acres (0.31 km2) [417] |
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | Okmulgee County | OK | 1993 | 9,748 acres (39.45 km2) [418] |
Little River National Wildlife Refuge | McCurtain County | OK | 1987 | 13,660 acres (55.3 km2) [419] |
Optima National Wildlife Refuge | Texas County | OK | 1975 | 4,333 acres (17.54 km2) [420] |
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge | Adair County Cherokee County Delaware County Ottawa County | OK | 1986 | 4,200 acres (17 km2) [421] |
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge | Alfalfa County | OK | 1930 | 32,197 acres (130.30 km2) [422] |
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | Haskell County Muskogee County Sequoyah County | OK | 1970 | 20,800 acres (84 km2) [423] |
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge | Johnston County Marshall County | OK | 1946 | 16,464 acres (66.63 km2) [424] |
Washita National Wildlife Refuge | Custer County | OK | 1961 | 8,075 acres (32.68 km2) [425] |
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge | Comanche County | OK | 1901 | 59,020 acres (238.8 km2) [426] |
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | Marion County | OR | 1965 | 2,796 acres (11.32 km2) [427] |
Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge | Coos County | OR | 1983 | 864 acres (3.50 km2) [428] |
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Polk County | OR | 1965 | 2,492 acres (10.08 km2) [429] |
Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Klamath County | OR | 1978 | 4,200 acres (17 km2) [430] |
Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge | Tillamook County | OR | 1938 | 138.51 acres (0.5605 km2) [431] |
Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge | Umatilla County | OR | 1909 | 3,117 acres (12.61 km2) [432] |
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge | Malheur County Baker County Canyon County, Idaho Owyhee County, Idaho Payette County, Idaho Washington County, Idaho | OR | 1909 | 10,548 acres (42.69 km2) [122] |
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge | Lake County | OR | 1936 | 270,608 acres (1,095.11 km2) [433] |
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer | Clatsop County Columbia County Wahkiakum County, Washington | OR | 1972 | 5,600 acres (23 km2) [434] |
Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge | Klamath County | OR | 1958 | 40,885 acres (165.46 km2) [435] |
Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge | Clatsop County | OR | 1972 | 12,167 acres (49.24 km2) [436] |
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | Klamath County Siskiyou County, California | OR | 1908 | 187,757 acres (759.83 km2) [437] |
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | Harney County | OR | 1908 | 187,757 acres (759.83 km2) [438] |
McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Umatilla County | OR | 1991 | 1,836.5 acres (7.432 km2) [439] |
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Tillamook County | OR | 1991 | 1,202 acres (4.86 km2) [440] |
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Oregon Coast | OR | 1935 | 1,083 acres (4.38 km2) [441] |
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge | Lake County Humboldt County, Nevada Washoe County, Nevada | OR | 1931 | 573,504 acres (2,320.89 km2) [286] |
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Lincoln County | OR | 1991 | 568 acres (2.30 km2) [442] |
Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge | Tillamook County | OR | 1907 | 15 acres (0.061 km2) [443] |
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County Yamhill County | OR | 1992 | 1,856 acres (7.51 km2) [444] |
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | Morrow County Benton County, Washington | OR | 1969 | 23,783 acres (96.25 km2) [445] |
Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | Klamath County | OR | 1928 | 14,400 acres (58 km2) [446] |
Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Washington County Yamhill County | OR | 2013 | 4,310 acres (17.4 km2) [447] |
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge | Benton County | OR | 1964 | 5,706 acres (23.09 km2) [448] |
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe County | PA | 2008 | 185 acres (0.75 km2) [449] |
Erie National Wildlife Refuge | Crawford County | PA | 1959 | 8,800 acres (36 km2) [450] |
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum | Delaware County Philadelphia County | PA | 1972 | 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) [451] |
Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | Cabo Rojo | PR | 1974 | 1,836 acres (7.43 km2) [452] |
Culebra National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | Isla Culebra | PR | 1909 | 1,450 acres (5.9 km2) [453] |
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | Mayagüez | PR | 1976 | 360 acres (1.5 km2) [454] |
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | Lajas | PR | 1989 | 1,059 acres (4.29 km2) [455] |
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | Isla de Vieques | PR | 2001 | 17,771 acres (71.92 km2) [456] |
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Washington County | RI | 1973 | 127 acres (0.51 km2) [457] |
John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Washington County | RI | 1988 | 317 acres (1.28 km2) [458] |
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Washington County | RI | 1970 | 900 acres (3.6 km2) [459] |
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Newport County | RI | 1970 | 242 acres (0.98 km2) [460] |
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Washington County | RI | 1974 | 787 acres (3.18 km2) [461] |
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the South Carolina Lowcountry National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Charleston County | SC | 1932 | 66,287 acres (268.25 km2) [462] |
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge | Chesterfield County | SC | 1939 | 45,348 acres (183.52 km2) [463] |
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the South Carolina Lowcountry National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Beaufort County Charleston County Colleton County Hampton County | SC | 1990 | 11,815 acres (47.81 km2) [464] |
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | Beaufort County | SC | 1975 | 4,053 acres (16.40 km2) [465] |
Santee National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | Clarendon County | SC | 1941 | 15,000 acres (61 km2) [466] |
Tybee National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) | Jasper County | SC | 1938 | 100 acres (0.40 km2) [467] |
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the South Carolina Lowcountry National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Georgetown County Horry County Marion County | SC | 1997 | 22,931 acres (92.80 km2) [468] |
Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge | Meade County | SD | 1935 | 374 acres (1.51 km2) [469] |
Huron Wetland Management District | Central South Dakota | SD | 1992 | 17,518 acres (70.89 km2) [470] |
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge | Gregory County Boyd County, Nebraska | SD | 1974 | 1,085 acres (4.39 km2) [471] |
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge | Bennett County | SD | 1935 | 16,410 acres (66.4 km2) [472] |
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge | Charles Mix County | SD | 1936 | 5,638 acres (22.82 km2) [473] |
Lake Andes Wetland Management District | Southeast South Dakota | SD | 1961 | 82,731 acres (334.80 km2) [474] |
Madison Wetland Management District | East Central South Dakota | SD | 1969 | 129,700 acres (525 km2) [475] |
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Brown County | SD | 1935 | 21,498 acres (87.00 km2) [476] |
Sand Lake Wetland Management District | North Central South Dakota | SD | 1961 | 45,000 acres (180 km2) [477] |
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge | Day County | SD | 1935 | 4,650 acres (18.8 km2) [478] |
Waubay Wetland Management District | Northeast South Dakota | SD | 1935 | 40,000 acres (160 km2) [479] |
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lauderdale County | TN | 1985 | 25,006 acres (101.20 km2) [480] |
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge | Stewart County | TN | 1962 | 8,862 acres (35.86 km2) [481] |
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge | Hardeman County Haywood County | TN | 1964 | 11,556 acres (46.77 km2) [482] |
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lake County | TN | 1938 | 1,846 acres (7.47 km2) [483] |
Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lauderdale County Tipton County | TN | 1980 | 9,451 acres (38.25 km2) [484] |
Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge [485] | Jackson County | TN | 2023 | 87 acres (0.35 km2) [486] |
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Lake County Obion County Fulton County, Kentucky | TN | 1941 | 10,428 acres (42.20 km2) [487] |
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge | Benton County Decatur County Henry County Humphreys County | TN | 1945 | 51,359 acres (207.84 km2) [488] |
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | Chambers County | TX | 1963 | 37,000 acres (150 km2) [489] |
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | Aransas County Calhoun County Refugio County | TX | 1937 | 114,657 acres (464.00 km2) [490] |
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge | Colorado County | TX | 1972 | 10,528 acres (42.61 km2) [491] |
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge | Burnet County Travis County Williamson County | TX | 1992 | 46,080 acres (186.5 km2) [492] |
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | Matagorda County | TX | 1983 | 5,000 acres (20 km2) [493] |
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | Brazoria County | TX | 1969 | 44,414 acres (179.74 km2) [494] |
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Randall County | TX | 1958 | 7,680 acres (31.1 km2) [495] |
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Harrison County | TX | 2000 | 8,493 acres (34.37 km2) [496] |
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge | Grayson County | TX | 1946 | 11,320 acres (45.8 km2) [497] |
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron County Willacy County | TX | 1946 | 65,096 acres (263.43 km2) [498] |
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron County Hidalgo County Starr County Zapata County | TX | 1979 | 90,788 acres (367.41 km2) [499] |
McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | TX | 1980 | 58,861 acres (238.20 km2) [500] |
Moody National Wildlife Refuge | Chambers County | TX | | 3,517 acres (14.23 km2) [501] (Easement on private land) |
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge | Bailey County | TX | 1935 | 6,440 acres (26.1 km2) [502] |
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge | Anderson County Cherokee County | TX | 2006 | 4,404 acres (17.82 km2) [503] |
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | Brazoria County Matagorda County | TX | 1969 | 45,730 acres (185.1 km2) [504] |
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge | Hidalgo County | TX | 1943 | 2,088 acres (8.45 km2) [505] |
Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | Jefferson County | TX | 1979 | 8,972 acres (36.31 km2) [506] |
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge | Liberty County | TX | 1994 | 30,000 acres (120 km2) [507] |
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge | Box Elder County | UT | 1928 | 79,000 acres (320 km2) [508] |
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge | Juab County | UT | 1959 | 17,992 acres (72.81 km2) [509] |
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge | Uintah County | UT | 1960 | 11,987 acres (48.51 km2) [510] |
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge | Franklin County | VT | 1943 | 6,642 acres (26.88 km2) [511] |
Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | St. Thomas | VI | 1969 | 45 acres (0.18 km2) [512] |
Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | St. Croix | VI | 1977 | 14 acres (0.057 km2) [513] |
Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex) | St. Croix | VI | 1984 | 360 acres (1.5 km2) [514] |
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Virginia Beach | VA | 1938 | 9,062 acres (36.67 km2) [515] |
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge | Accomack County Worcester County, Maryland | VA | 1943 | 14,000 acres (57 km2) [516] |
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge | Northampton County | VA | 1984 | 1,127 acres (4.56 km2) [517] |
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Fairfax County | VA | 1969 | 2,277 acres (9.21 km2) [518] |
Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Prince William County | VA | 1970 | 325 acres (1.32 km2) [519] |
Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge | Northampton County | VA | 1973 | 1,850 acres (7.5 km2) [520] |
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Chesapeake Suffolk Camden County, North Carolina Gates County, North Carolina Pasquotank County, North Carolina | VA | 1974 | 112,000 acres (450 km2) [521] |
James River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Prince George County | VA | 1991 | 4,200 acres (17 km2) [522] |
Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge | Suffolk | VA | 1973 | 411 acres (1.66 km2) [523] |
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Prince William County | VA | 1998 | 644 acres (2.61 km2) [524] |
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge^ | Poquoson | VA | 1972 | 3,501 acres (14.17 km2) [525] |
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Chesterfield County | VA | 1953 | 1,329 acres (5.38 km2) [526] |
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Caroline County Essex County King George County Richmond County | VA | 1996 | 9,030 acres (36.5 km2) [527] |
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge | Wallops Island, Accomack County | VA | 1975 | 373 acres (1.51 km2) [528] |
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge | Thurston County Pierce County | WA | 1974 | 4,529 acres (18.33 km2) [529] |
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge | Adams County Grant County | WA | 1944 | 29,596 acres (119.77 km2) [530] |
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Klickitat County | WA | 1964 | 7,072 acres (28.62 km2) [531] |
Copalis National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Grays Harbor County | WA | 1907 | 60.8 acres (0.246 km2) [532] |
Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Clallam County | WA | 1915 | 772.52 acres (3.1263 km2) [533] |
Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Clallam County | WA | 1907 | 125 acres (0.51 km2) [534] |
Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Skamania County | WA | 1990 | 551.73 acres (2.2328 km2) [535] |
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge | Grays Harbor County | WA | 1990 | 1,471.38 acres (5.9545 km2) [536] |
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer | Wahkiakum County Clatsop County, Oregon Columbia County, Oregon | WA | 1972 | 5,600 acres (23 km2) [434] |
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | Pend Oreille County Stevens County | WA | 1939 | 42,593.57 acres (172.3701 km2) [537] |
McNary National Wildlife Refuge | Walla Walla County | WA | 1956 | 14,664.54 acres (59.3453 km2) [538] |
Pierce National Wildlife Refuge | Skamania County | WA | 1983 | 329.38 acres (1.3330 km2) [539] |
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Jefferson County | WA | 1982 | 659.31 acres (2.6681 km2) [488] |
Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | Clallam County Jefferson County | WA | 1907 | 300.2 acres (1.215 km2) [540] |
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge | Clark County | WA | 1965 | 5,228.1 acres (21.157 km2) [541] |
Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge/Hanford Reach National Monument | Adams County Benton County Franklin County Grant County | WA | 2000 | 194,451 acres (786.92 km2) [542] |
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | San Juan County | WA | 1976 | 454 acres (1.84 km2) [543] |
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Clark County | WA | 1987 | 1,049 acres (4.25 km2) [544] |
Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge | Yakima County | WA | 1964 | 1,978 acres (8.00 km2) [545] |
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge | Spokane County | WA | 1937 | 18,684.98 acres (75.6154 km2) [546] |
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | Benton County Morrow County, Oregon | WA | 1969 | 23,783 acres (96.25 km2) [547] |
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge | Pacific County | WA | 1937 | 11,000 acres (45 km2) [548] |
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Tucker County | WV | 11 July 1994 | 16,613.44 acres (67.2322 km2) |
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Ohio River | WV | 1990 | 2,664.54 acres (10.7830 km2) |
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge | Grant County Richland County Illinois Iowa | WI | 1989 | 812 acres (3.29 km2) [549] |
Fox River National Wildlife Refuge | Marquette County | WI | 1979 | 1,054 acres (4.27 km2) [550] |
Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge | Door County | WI | 1913 | 28 acres (0.11 km2) [551] |
Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Door County, Delta County, Michigan | WI | 1912 | 330 acres (1.3 km2) [552] |
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge | Walworth County | WI | 2012 | 11 acres (0.045 km2) [553] |
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | Dodge County Fond du Lac County | WI | 1941 | 21,400 acres (87 km2) [554] |
Leopold Wetland Management District | Southeastern Wisconsin | WI | 1993 | 13,000 acres (53 km2) [555] |
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge | Juneau County | WI | 1939 | 43,696 acres (176.83 km2) [556] |
St. Croix Wetland Management District | West Central Wisconsin | WI | 1992 | 7,500 acres (30 km2) [557] |
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge | Buffalo County Trempealeau County | WI | 1936 | 6,226 acres (25.20 km2) [558] |
Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Bayfield County | WI | 1999 | 329 acres (1.33 km2) [559] |
Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge | Albany County | WY | 1932 | 1,116 acres (4.52 km2) [560] |
Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | Lincoln County | WY | 1993 | 26,657 acres (107.88 km2) [561] |
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Albany County | WY | 1932 | 1,968 acres (7.96 km2) [562] |
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Albany County | WY | 1993 | 1,776 acres (7.19 km2) [563] |
National Elk Refuge | Teton County | WY | 1912 | 25,000 acres (100 km2) [564] |
Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge | Carbon County Natrona County | WY | 1909 | 16,807 acres (68.02 km2) [565] |
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge | Sweetwater County | WY | 1965 | 27,230 acres (110.2 km2) [566] |
Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex) | | UM | | |
Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |
Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |
Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |
Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |
Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |
Wake Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Managed under the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge) | | UM | | |