National Wildlife Refuges
Across the U.S.
A Free Guide to Discovering the Wonders of U.S. National Wildlife Refuges:
Let us be your guide to discovering these natural wonders. What you'll find here is an alphabetical listing of all our national wildlife refuges -- more than 550 national wildlife refuges encompassing more than 150 million acres of pristine land and water -- preserving areas from development (or restoring where necessary) so that wild creatures have a place to live.
The National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is a collection of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants.
Alphabetical List of U.S. National Wildlife Refuges in U.S. States:
Alabama
Blowing Wind Cave National Wildlife Refuge Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge Arctic 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 Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge
Arkansas
Arkansas National Wildlife Refuges Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge Cache River National Wildlife Refuge Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge Overflow National Wildlife Refuge Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge White River National Wildlife Refuge
California
Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge Colusa National Wildlife Refuge Delevan National Wildlife Refuge Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Kern National Wildlife Refuge Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Merced National Wildlife Refuge Modoc National Wildlife Refuge Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge San Diego National Wildlife Refuge San Luis National Wildlife Refuge San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Sutter National Wildlife Refuge Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge Baca National Wildlife Refuge Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
Connecticut
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Florida
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Key West National Wildlife Refuge Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge National Key Deer Refuge Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Georgia
Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
Hawaii
Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge Huleia National Wildlife Refuge James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge Johnston Island National Wildlife Refuge Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Idaho
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Camas National Wildlife Refuge Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
Illinois
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge 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 Wildlife 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
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge Breton National Wildlife Refuge Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge Delta National Wildlife Refuge Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge Louisiana Wetland Management District Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge Red River National Wildlife Refuge Sabine National Wildlife Refuge Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge
Maine
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Maryland
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Martin National Wildlife Refuge Patuxent Research Refuge Susquehanna River National Wildlife Refuge
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 & 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 Wetland Management District Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge 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 & Fish Refuge Windom Wetland Management District
Mississippi
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge Hillside National Wildlife Refuge Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
Missouri
Big Muddy National Fish & 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 Benton Lake Wetland Management District Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge National Bison Range Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge War Horse National Wildlife Refuge
Nebraska
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge John W. 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 Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Desert National Wildlife Range Fallon National Wildlife Refuge Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
New Hampshire
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge John Hay National Wildlife Refuge Lake 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
New Mexico
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge San Andres National Wildlife Refuge Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
New York
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
North Carolina
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Currituck National Wildlife Refuge Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
North Dakota
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Arrowwood Wetland Management District Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Devils Lake Wetland Management District Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge Kulm Wetland Management District Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge Slade National Wildlife Refuge Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Valley City Wetland Management District
Ohio
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge
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
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Malheur National Wildlife Refuge McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge
Pennsylvania
Erie National Wildlife Refuge John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
Rhode Island
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
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 National Wildlife Refuge Tybee National Wildlife Refuge Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
South Dakota
Huron Wetland Management District Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Madison Wetland Management District Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge Waubay National Wildlife Refuge Waubay Wetland Management District
Tennessee
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
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 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
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Virginia
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Eastern Shore Of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge James River National Wildlife Refuge Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge Presquile National Wildlife Refuge Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
Washington
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 Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge McNary National Wildlife Refuge Nisqually 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
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin
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 Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Wyoming
Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge National Elk Refuge Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge