As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania. Refuges are listed regardless of whether or not they are open to the public, which many are not.
thumb|The National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries
As of January 2026, the National Wildlife Refuge System consists of 573 national wildlife refuges, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The system has seen several significant additions since 2023, including the establishment of the Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee (September 2023), the Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area in Florida (March 2024), and the Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge (December 2024), the latter being the 573rd unit in the system. Additionally, major land protection expansions were authorized in 2024 for the Aransas (TX) and Roanoke River (NC) refuges, totaling over one million acres of new conservation potential. In January 2026, the Department of the Interior issued Director's Order 230, initiating a programmatic, comprehensive review of all 573 units to evaluate their alignment with the agency's mission and long-term resource allocation.
The United States is divided into eight regions for administrative purposes:
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- Pacific Region (Region 1)
- American Samoa
- Guam
- Hawaiʻi
- Idaho
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oregon
- U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (1 and 4)
- Washington
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- Southwest Region (Region 2)
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Texas
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- Midwest Region (Region 3)
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Minnesota
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
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- Southeast Region (Region 4)
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (1 and 4)
- U.S. Virgin Islands
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- Northeast Region (Region 5)
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
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- Mountain-Prairie Region (Region 6)
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Montana
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Wyoming
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- Alaska Region (Region 7)
- Alaska
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- Pacific Southwest Region (Region 8)
- California
- Nevada
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!scope="col" |Refuge Name
!scope="col" |Location
!scope="col" |State
!scope="col" |Date Established
!scope="col" |Area
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| Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
| Baldwin County
| AL
|1980
|
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| Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
| Bibb County
| AL
| September 25, 2002
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| Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge
| Choctaw County
| AL
| 1964
|
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| Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
| Barbour County, Alabama<br />Stewart County, Georgia
| AL
| 1964
|
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| Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County
| AL
| 1981
|
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| Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
| Lauderdale County
| AL
| January 3, 1997
|
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| Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
| Calhoun County
| AL
| May 29, 2003
|
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| Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County
| AL
| 1978
|
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| Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
| Jefferson County
| AL
| 1980
|
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| Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
| Morgan County, Limestone County, and<br />Madison County
| AL
| 1938
|
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| Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
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| Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
|
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| Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
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| Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
|
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| Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
|
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| Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
|
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| Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
|
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| Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
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| Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
| Alaska
| AK
|
|
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|Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge
|La Paz and Mojave Counties
| AZ
|1993
|
|-
|Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
|Pima County
| AZ
|1985
|
|-
|Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
|Yuma County
| AZ
|1939
|
|-
|Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
|LaPaz County, Arizona<br />Imperial County, California
| AZ
|1964
|
|-
|Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
|Mojave County, Arizona<br />San Bernardino County, California
| AZ
|1941
|
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|Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
|LaPaz and Yuma Counties, Arizona<br />Imperial County, California
| AZ
|1941
|
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|Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
|Yuma and LaPaz Counties
| AZ
|1939
|
|-
|Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge
|Cochise County
| AZ
|1988
|
|-
|San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge
|Cochise County
| AZ
|1982
|
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| Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge
| White County
| AR
| 1993
|
|-
| Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Mississippi County
| AR
| 1915
|
|-
| Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
| Woodruff County and several others
| AR
| 1986
|
|-
| Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
| Union, Ashley, and Bradley Counties
| AR
| 1970
|
|-
| Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
| Pope and Yell Counties
| AR
| 1957
|
|-
| Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge
| Benton County
| AR
| March 14, 1989
|
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| Overflow National Wildlife Refuge
| Ashley County
| AR
| 1980
|
|-
| Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge
| Sevier County
| AR
| 1994
|
|-
| Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge
| Crittenden County
| AR
| January 1961
|
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| White River National Wildlife Refuge
| Monroe County and several others
| AR
| 1935
|
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| Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
| Contra Costa County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
| Kern County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
| Tulare County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area
| Butte/Colusa/Sutter Counties
| CA
|
|
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| Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge
| Del Norte County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Modoc County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
| Riverside County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
| Colusa County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
| Colusa County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Alameda/Santa Clara/San Mateo Counties
| CA
| 1974
|
|-
| Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge
| Santa Cruz County
| CA
| 1975
|
|-
| Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
| Farallon Islands, near San Francisco
| CA
|
|
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| Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
| Merced County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
| Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo Counties
| CA
|
|
|-
| Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
| Ventura County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge <br />*Lanphere Dunes
| Humboldt County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Kern National Wildlife Refuge
| Kern County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
| Siskiyou County <br />also in Klamath County, Oregon
| CA
|
|
|-
| Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge
| Marin County
| CA
|
| -
|-
| Merced National Wildlife Refuge
| Merced County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
| Modoc County
| CA
|
|
|-
| North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area
| Sacramento Valley
| CA
|
|
|-
| Pixley National Wildlife Refuge
| Tulare County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
| Colusa/Glenn Counties
| CA
|
|
|-
| Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge
| Butte/Glenn/Tehama Counties
| CA
|
|
|-
| Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge
| Monterey County
| CA
| 1974
|
|-
| San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| San Diego County
| CA
| 1999
|
|-
| San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
| San Diego County
| CA
| -
|
|-
| San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
| San Joaquin/Stanislaus Counties
| CA
|
|
|-
| San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
| Merced County
| CA
|
|
|-
| San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Napa/Solano/Sonoma Counties
| CA
|
|
|-
| Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
| Orange County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
| Imperial County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
| Sacramento County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
| Sutter County
| CA
|
|
|-
| Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
| San Diego County
| CA
| 1980
|
|-
| Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Modoc/Siskiyou Counties
| CA
| 1928
|
|-
| Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area
| Colusa/Glenn Counties
| CA
| 1985
|
|-
| Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
| Alamosa, Conejos and Costilla Counties
| CO
| 1993
|
|-
| Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County
| CO
| 1967
|
|-
| Baca National Wildlife Refuge
| Saguache and Alamosa Counties
| CO
| 2003
|
|-
| Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
| Moffat County
| CO
| 1965
|
|-
| Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
| Alamosa and Rio Grande Counties
| CO
| 1953
|
|-
| Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
| Kent County
| DE
| 1937
|
|-
| Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
| Sussex County
| DE
| 1963
|
|-
| Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
| Brevard County<br />Indian River County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
| Palm Beach County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
| Lee County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
| Levy County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
| Citrus County<br />Hernando County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Monroe County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
| Citrus County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
| Hillsborough County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area
| Hardee County<br />Highlands County<br />Polk County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
| Collier County
| FL
| 1989
|
|-
| Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
| Monroe County
| FL
| 1938
|
|-
| Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
| Martin County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Charlotte County
| FL
|
|
|-
| J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge
| Lee County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge
| Monroe County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Key West National Wildlife Refuge
| Monroe County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
| Highlands County<br />Polk County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake County<br />Volusia County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
| Dixie County<br />Levy County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
| Lee County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Brevard County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge
| Manatee County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Indian River County
| FL
| -First National Wildlife Refuge in U.S.
|
|-
| Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Lee County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
| Pinellas County
| FL
|
|
|-
| St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
| Brevard County
| FL
| 1971
|
|-
| St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
| Jefferson County<br />Taylor County<br />Wakulla County
| FL
| 1931
|
|-
| St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
| Franklin County<br />Gulf County
| FL
| 1968
|
|-
| Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
| Collier County<br />Monroe County
| FL
|
|
|-
| Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Lanier County
| GA
| 1985
|
|-
| Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| McIntosh County
| GA
| 1924
|
|-
| Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
| Bibb County<br />Twiggs County
| GA
| 1989
|
|-
| Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| McIntosh County
| GA
| 1962
|
|-
| Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
| Primarily in Charlton and Ware Counties, Georgia<br />and Baker County, Florida
| GA
| 1937
|
|-
| Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
| Jasper County<br />Jones County
| GA
| 1939
|
|-
| Savannah National Wildlife Refuge*
| Chatham and Effingham Counties, Georgia<br />and Jasper County, South Carolina
| GA
| 1927
|
|-
| Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| Chatham County
| GA
| 1969
|
|-
| Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| McIntosh County
| GA
| 1930
|
|-
| Guam National Wildlife Refuge
| Guam
| GU
| 1993
|
|-
| Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Hawaiʻi
| HI
| 1985
|
|-
| Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Kauaʻi
| HI
| 1972
|
|-
| Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
| Hawaiʻi
| HI
| 1909
|
|-
| Hulē‘ia National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Kauaʻi
| HI
| 1973
|
|-
| James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Oʻahu
| HI
| 1976
|
|-
| Kakahai‘a National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Molokaʻi
| HI
| 1977
|
|-
| Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Maui
| HI
| 1992
|
|-
| Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Kauaʻi
| HI
| 1985
|
|-
| Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Oʻahu
| HI
| 2000
|
|-
| Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
| Island of Oʻahu
| HI
| 1972
|
|-
| Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Bear Lake County
| ID
| 1968
|
|-
| Camas National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Jefferson County
| ID
| 1937
|
|-
| Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
| Canyon County<br />Owyhee County<br />Payette County<br />Washington County<br />Malheur County, Oregon<br />Baker County, Oregon
| ID
| 1909
|
|-
| Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Bonneville County<br />Caribou County
| ID
| 1965
|
|-
| Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge
| Boundary County
| ID
| 1964
|
|-
| Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Blaine County<br />Cassia County<br />Minidoka County<br />Power County
| ID
| 1909
|
|-
| Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
| Bannock County<br />Franklin County
| ID
| 1985
|
|-
| Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
| Mason County
| IL
| 1936
|
|-
| Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County<br />Union County<br />Williamson County
| IL
| 1947
|
|-
| Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
| Alexander County<br />Johnson County<br />Pulaski County<br />Union County
| IL
| 1990
|
|-
| Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
| Fulton County
| IL
| 1993
|
|-
| Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
| McHenry County <br />Walworth County, Wisconsin
| IL
| 2012
|
|-
| Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area
| Iroquois County
| IL
| 2016
|
|-
| Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
| Cass County<br />Morgan County
| IL
| 1973
|
|-
| Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
| Illinois <br />Missouri
| IL
| 2000
|
|-
| Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
| Illinois <br />Missouri
| IL
| 1958
|
|-
| Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
| Jefferson County<br />Jennings County<br />Ripley County
| IN
| 2000
|
|-
| Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County<br />Jennings County<br />Monroe County
| IN
| 1966
|
|-
| Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area
| Gibson County<br />Pike County
| IN
| 1994
|
|-
| DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
| Harrison County<br />Pottawattamie County<br />Washington County, Nebraska
| IA
| 1958
|
|-
| Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
| Iowa <br />Illinois <br />Wisconsin
| IA
| 1989
|
|-
| Iowa Wetland Management District
| Covers 15 counties
| IA
|
| <br />75 waterfowl production areas
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| Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
| Jasper County
| IA
| 1990
|
|-
| Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
| Louisa County <br />Mercer County, Illinois
| IA
| 1958
|
|-
| Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
| Kossuth County
| IA
| 1938
|
|-
| Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
| Coffey County<br />Lyon County
| KS
| 1966
|
|-
| Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
| Phillips County
| KS
| 1954
|
|-
| Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
| Linn County
| KS
| 1992
|
|-
| Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
| Reno County<br />Rice County<br />Stafford County
| KS
| 1955
|
|-
| Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge
| Graves County<br />Marshall County<br />McCracken County
| KY
| 1997
|
|-
| Green River National Wildlife Refuge
| Henderson County
| KY
| 2019
|
|-
| Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge
| Iberville Parish<br />St. Martin Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge
| Concordia Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
| New Orleans
| LA
|
|
|-
| Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
| St. Mary Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
| St. Tammany Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Ouachita Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
| St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana<br />and Pearl River County, Mississippi
| LA
|
|
|-
| Breton National Wildlife Refuge
| St. Bernard Parish<br />Plaquemines Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
| Cameron Parish
| LA
| 1986
|
|-
| Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge
| West Feliciana Parish
| LA
| 2000
|
|-
| Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
| Catahoula Parish<br />LaSalle Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge
| Ouachita Parish<br />Union Parish
| LA
|
| -
|-
| Delta National Wildlife Refuge
| Plaquemines Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge
| Avoyelles Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| East Cove National Wildlife Refuge
| Cameron Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge
| Morehouse Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
| Cameron Parish<br />Evangeline Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
| Avoyelles Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Louisiana Wetland Management District
| 20 parishes in northern Louisiana
| LA
|
|
|-
| Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge
| Terrebonne Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Red River National Wildlife Refuge
| Bossier Parish<br />Caddo Parish<br />DeSoto Parish<br />Natchitoches Parish<br />Red River Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
| Cameron Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge
| Iberia Parish
| LA
|
| -
|-
| Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
| Franklin Parish<br />Madison Parish<br />Tensas Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge
| Morehouse Parish<br />Union Parish
| LA
|
|
|-
| Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
| Aroostook County
| ME
| 1998
|
|-
| Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area
| Waldo County
| ME
| 1966
|
|-
| Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge)
| Washington County
| ME
| 1980
|
|-
| Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge)
| Knox County
| ME
| 1973
|
|-
| Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
| Washington County
| ME
| 1937
|
|-
| Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge)
| Hancock County<br />Washington County
| ME
| 1974
|
|-
| Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge)
| Sagadahoc County
| ME
| 1973
|
|-
| Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
| Cumberland County<br />York County
| ME
| 1966
|
|-
| Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge)
| Knox County
| ME
| 1972
|
|-
| Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
| Penobscot County
| ME
| 1988
|
|-
| Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Dorchester County
| MD
| 1933
|
|-
| Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Kent County
| MD
| 1962
|
|-
| Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Somerset County <br />Accomack County, Virginia
| MD
| 1954
|
|-
| Patuxent Research Refuge [http://www.fws.gov/northeast/patuxent/]
| Anne Arundel County<br />Prince George's County
| MD
| 1936
|
|-
| Susquehanna River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Harford County
| MD
| 1944
|
|-
| Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
| Sudbury
| MA
| 2005
|
|-
| Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
| Sudbury
| MA
| 1944
|
|-
| Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
| Mashpee
| MA
| 1995
|
|-
| Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge
| Plymouth
| MA
| 1983
|
|-
| Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
| Barnstable County
| MA
| 1944
|
|-
| Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
| Nantucket
| MA
| 1973
|
|-
| Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Nomans Land
| MA
| 1998
|
|-
| Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
| Middlesex County<br />Worcester County
| MA
| 1974
|
|-
| Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
| Plum Island
| MA
| 1942
|
|-
| Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
| Massachusetts <br />Connecticut <br />New Hampshire <br />Vermont
| MA
| 1997
|
|-
| Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Thacher Island
| MA
| 1972
|
|-
| Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
| Detroit River<br />Lake Erie
| MI
| 2001
|
|-
| Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake Huron
| MI
| 1983
|
|-
| Huron National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake Superior
| MI
| 1905
|
|-
| Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area
| Lower Peninsula of Michigan
| MI
| 1980
|
|-
| Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake Michigan<br />Lake Huron
| MI
| 1943
|
|-
| Michigan Wetland Management District
| Lower Peninsula of Michigan
| MI
| 1980
|
|-
| Seney National Wildlife Refuge
| Schoolcraft County
| MI
| 1935
|
|-
| Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
| Saginaw County
| MI
| 1953
|
|-
| Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
| Marshall County
| MN
| 1937
|
|-
| Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
| Big Stone County <br />Lac qui Parle County
| MN
| 1975
|
|-
| Big Stone Wetland Management District
| Lincoln County <br />Lyon County
| MN
| 1975
|
|-
| Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
| Morrison County
| MN
| 1992
|
|-
| Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
| Northwestern Minnesota
| MN
| 1953
|
|-
| Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
| West Central Minnesota
| MN
| 1962
|
|-
| Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
| Polk County
| MN
| 2004
|
|-
| Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
| Becker County
| MN
| 1989
|
|-
| Litchfield Wetland Management District
| Central Minnesota
| MN
| 1978
|
|-
| Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
| Mille Lacs County
| MN
| 1915
|
|-
| Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
| Carver County <br />Dakota County <br />Hennepin County <br />Le Sueur County <br />Scott County <br />Sibley County
| MN
| 1976
|
|-
| Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District
| Southeastern Minnesota
| MN
| 1988
|
|-
| Morris Wetland Management District
| West Central Minnesota
| MN
|
|
|-
| Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
| Minnesota <br />Iowa
| MN
| 2000
|
|-
| Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Aitkin County
| MN
| 1935
|
|-
| Rydell National Wildlife Refuge
| Polk County
| MN
| 1992
|
|-
| Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
| Sherburne County
| MN
| 1965
|
|-
| Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
| Becker County
| MN
| 1938
|
|-
| Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
| Upper Mississippi River in: <br />Illinois <br />Iowa <br />Minnesota <br />Wisconsin
| MN
| 1924
|
|-
| Windom Wetland Management District
| South Central Minnesota
| MN
| -
|
|-
| Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge
| Quitman County <br />Tallahatchie County
| MS
| 2000
|
|-
| Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
| Bolivar County
| MS
| 1990
|
|-
| Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County <br />Mobile County, Alabama
| MS
| 1992
|
|-
| Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
| Holmes County
| MS
| 1975
|
|-
| Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
| Washington County
| MS
| 2004
|
|-
| Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
| Leflore County
| MS
| 1980
|
|-
| Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
| Jackson County
| MS
| 1975
|
|-
| Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge
| Holmes County
| MS
| 1977
|
|-
| Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
| Yazoo County
| MS
| 1978
|
|-
| Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
| Noxubee County <br /> Oktibbeha County <br />Winston County
| MS
| 1940
|
|-
| St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
| Adams County
| MS
| 1990
|
|-
| Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge
| Grenada County <br />Tallahatchie County
| MS
| 1990
|
|-
| Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge
| Holmes County <br />Humphreys County <br />Leflore County <br />Sharkey County <br />Warren County <br />Washington County
| MS
| 2004
| -
|-
| Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
| Washington County
| MS
| 1936
|
|-
| Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
| Missouri River
| MO
| 1994
|
|-
| Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
| Pike County
| MO
| 1964
|
|-
| Great River National Wildlife Refuge
| Clark County<br />Lewis County<br />Adams County, Illinois<br />Pike County, Illinois
| MO
| 1958
|
|-
| Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
| Holt County
| MO
| 1935
|
|-
| Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
| Stoddard County<br />Wayne County
| MO
| 1944
|
|-
| Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge
| Lawrence County
| MO
| 1991
|
|-
| Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge
| Iron County
| MO
| 1987
|
|-
| Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Chariton County
| MO
| 1937
|
|-
| Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Cascade County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Benton Lake Wetland Management District
| Montana
| MT
|
|
|-
| Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
| Blaine County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
| Phillips County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
| Fergus County<br />Garfield County<br />McCone County<br />Petroleum County<br />Phillips County<br />Valley County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
| Hill County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge<br />(formerly Halfbreed Lake NWR)
| Stillwater County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge
| Stillwater County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Phillips County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge
| Musselshell County
| MT
| 1941
|
|-
| Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge
| Hill County
| MT
| 1937
|
|-
| Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge
| Wibaux County
| MT
| 1942
|
|-
| Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge
| Flathead County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Sheridan County<br />Roosevelt County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Northwest Montana Wetland Management District
| Montana
| MT
|
|
|-
| Pablo National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
| Beaverhead County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake County
| MT
|
|
|-
| UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
| Phillips County
| MT
|
|
|-
| War Horse National Wildlife Refuge
| Petroleum County
| MT
|
|
|-
| Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
| Washington County
| NE
| 1992
|
|-
| Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Garden County
| NE
| 1931
|
|-
| Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
| Cherry County
| NE
| 1912
|
|-
| John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge
| Rock County
| NE
| 1999
|
|-
| North Platte National Wildlife Refuge
| Scotts Bluff County
| NE
| 1916
|
|-
| Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
| Cherry County
| NE
| 1935
|
|-
| Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Washoe County
| NV
| 1913
|
|-
| Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas)
| Nye County
| NV
| 1984
|
|-
| Desert National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas)
| Clark County<br />Lincoln County
| NV
| 1936
|
|-
| Fallon National Wildlife Refuge
| Churchill County
| NV
| 1931
|
|-
| Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas)
| Clark County
| NV
| 1979
|
|-
| Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Las Vegas)
| Lincoln County
| NV
| 1963
|
|-
| Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Elko County<br />White Pine County
| NV
| 1938
|
|-
| Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, headquartered in Lakeview, Oregon)
| Humboldt County<br />Washoe County<br />Lake County, Oregon
| NV
| 1931
|
|-
| Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
| Churchill County
| NV
| 1949
|
|-
| Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Rockingham County
| NH
| 1992
|
|-
| John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
| Merrimack County
| NH
| 1987
|
|-
| Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
| Coös County <br />Oxford County, Maine
| NH
| 1992
|
|-
| Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
| Hillsborough County
| NH
| 1972
|
|-
| Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
| Cape May County
| NJ
| 1989
|
|-
| Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
| Atlantic County<br />Ocean County
| NJ
| 1984
|
|-
| Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
| Morris County
| NJ
| 1960
|
|-
| Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
| Salem County
| NJ
| 1974
|
|-
| Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
| Sussex County <br />Orange County, New York
| NJ
| 1990
|
|-
| Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Chaves County
| NM
| 1937
|
|-
| Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
| Socorro County
| NM
| 1939
|
|-
| Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
| Roosevelt County <br />Bailey County, Texas
| NM
| 1969
|
|-
| Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Northern New Mexico National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| San Miguel County
| NM
| 1965
|
|-
| Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Northern New Mexico National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Mora County
| NM
| 2012
|
|-
| Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge (Managed as part of the Northern New Mexico National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Colfax County
| NM
| 1965
|
|-
| San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
| Doña Ana County
| NM
| 1941
|
|-
| Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
| Socorro County
| NM
| 1973
|
|-
| Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
| Bernalillo County
| NM
| 2012
|
|-
| Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1968
|
|-
| Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1971
|
|-
| Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1954
|
|-
| Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
| Genesee County<br />Orleans County
| NY
| 1958
|
|-
| Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
| Seneca County
| NY
| 1937
|
|-
| Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Nassau County
| NY
| 1968
|
|-
| Sayville National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1992
|
|-
| Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1968
|
|-
| Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
| Ulster County
| NY
| 1999
|
|-
| Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1967
|
|-
| Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Suffolk County
| NY
| 1947
|
|-
| Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Dare County<br />Hyde County
| NC
| 1984
|
|-
| Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Carteret County
| NC
| 1964
|
|-
| Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Currituck County
| NC
| 1984
|
|-
| Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Currituck County <br />Virginia Beach, Virginia
| NC
| 1960
|
|-
| Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Hyde County
| NC
| 1934
|
|-
| Mountain Bogs National Wildlife Refuge
| Ashe County
| NC
| 2015
|
|-
| Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Dare County
| NC
| 1938
|
|-
| Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
| Anson County<br />Richmond County
| NC
| 1963
|
|-
| Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Hyde County<br />Tyrrell County<br />Washington County
| NC
| 1963
|
|-
| Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Bertie County
| NC
| 1989
|
|-
| Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Hyde County
| NC
| 1932
|
|-
|Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Emmons County
| ND
|1930s
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District)
|Walsh County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Stutsman County
| ND
|1935
|
|-
|Arrowwood Wetland Management District (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Eddy County<br />Foster County
| ND
|1961
|
|-
|Audubon National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|McLean County
| ND
|1956 (renamed 1967)
|
|-
|Audubon Wetland Management District (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|McLean County<br />Sheridan County
| ND
|1950s
|<br />84 waterfowl production areas
|-
|Bone Hill National Wildlife Refuge
|LaMoure County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Brumba National Wildlife Refuge
|Towner County
| ND
|1939
|Easement on private land
|-
|Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (North Dakota)
|Pierce County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|McLean County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Burleigh County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Stutsman County
| ND
|1908
|
|-
|Chase Lake Wetland Management District (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Stutsman County<br />Wells County
| ND
|1993
|<br />135 waterfowl production areas
|-
|Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|McHenry County
| ND
|1939
|Easement on private land
|-
|Crosby Wetland Management District (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex)
|Burke County<br />Divide County<br />Williams County
| ND
|1962
|<br />90 waterfowl production areas
|-
|Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Dickey County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Devils Lake Wetland Management District (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District)
|Benson County<br />Cavalier County<br />Grand Forks County<br />Pembina County<br />Ramsey County<br />Towner County<br />Walsh County
| ND
|
|<br />257 waterfowl production areas
|-
|Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Burleigh County
| ND
|1939
|
|-
|Half-Way Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Stutsman County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge
|McLean County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Barnes County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Kidder County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Bottineau County<br />McHenry County
| ND
|1935
|
|-
|J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District (Managed by the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Bottineau County<br />McHenry County<br />Pierce County<br />Renville County<br />Rolette County
| ND
|1966
|
|-
|Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Eddy County<br />Nelson County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District)
|Grand Forks County
| ND
|1936
|
|-
|Kulm Wetland Management District
|Dickey County<br />LaMoure County<br />Logan County<br />McIntosh County
| ND
|1971
|<br />200 waterfowl production areas
|-
|Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District)
|Ramsey County
| ND
|1935
|
|-
|Lake George National Wildlife Refuge
|Stutsman County
| ND
|1939
|Easement on private land
|-
|Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Dunn County
| ND
|1939
|
|-
|Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|McLean County
| ND
|1939
|
|-
|Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge
|McLean County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge
|Morton County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex)
|Williams County
| ND
|1939
|
|-
|Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Nelson County
| ND
|1939
|Easement on private land
|-
|Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge
|Grand Forks County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Burleigh County
| ND
|1932
|
|-
|Long Lake Wetland Management District (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Kidder County<br />Burleigh County<br />Emmons County
| ND
|1950s
|
|-
|Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Bottineau County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|McLean County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex)
|Burke County<br />Mountrail County
| ND
|1940
|
|-
|Lostwood Wetland Management District (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex)
|Mountrail County<br />Ward County
| ND
|1961
|Scattered small tracts
|-
|Maple River National Wildlife Refuge
||Dickey County
| ND
|1939
| Federal land<br /> Easement on private land
|-
|McLean National Wildlife Refuge
|McLean County
| ND
|1939 (as Lake Susie NWR)
|
|-
|Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Benson County
| ND
|1939
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Rolette County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Towner County
| ND
|1939
|Easement on private land
|-
|Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Nelson County
| ND
|1948
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|School Section Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Rolette County
| ND
|1935
|Easement on private land
|-
|Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex)
|Mountrail County
| ND
|1939
|
|-
|Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Griggs County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Benson County
| ND
|1938
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Slade National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Kidder County
| ND
|1940
|
|-
|Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Towner County
| ND
|1941
|Easement on private land
|-
|Springwater National Wildlife Refuge
|Emmons County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Slope County
| ND
|1941
| federal land<br /> easement on private land
|-
|Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge
|Barnes County
| ND
|1941
| Federal land<br /> Easement on private land
|-
|Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Sargent County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Nelson County
| ND
|1905
|Currently under water
|-
|Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Emmons County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Souris River Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Sargent County
| ND
|1945
|
|-
|Tewaukon Wetland Management District (Managed by the Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Ransom County<br />Richland County<br />Sargent County
| ND
|
|
|-
|Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge
|Barnes County
| ND
|
|<br />Easement on private land
|-
|Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Souris River Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Renville County<br />Ward County
| ND
|1932
|
|-
|Valley City Wetland Management District (Managed by the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Barnes County<br />Cass County<br />Griggs County<br />Steele County<br />Traill County
| ND
|1971
|<br />82 waterfowl production areas
|-
|White Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
|Slope County
| ND
|1941
|
|-
|White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (Managed by the Devils Lake Wetland Management District)
|Benson County
| ND
|1904
|
|-
|Wild Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Sargent County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Rolette County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge
|McHenry County
| ND
|
|Easement on private land
|-
|Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|Benson County
| ND
|1935
|Easement on private land
|-
| Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lucas County
| OH
| 1965
|
|-
| Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lucas County<br />Ottawa County
| OH
| 1961
|
|-
| West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lucas County
| OH
| 1937
|
|-
| Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
| Okmulgee County
| OK
| 1993
|
|-
| Little River National Wildlife Refuge
| McCurtain County
| OK
| 1987
|
|-
| Optima National Wildlife Refuge
| Texas County
| OK
| 1975
|
|-
| Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge
| Adair County<br />Cherokee County<br />Delaware County<br />Ottawa County
| OK
| 1986
|
|-
| Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
| Alfalfa County
| OK
| 1930
|
|-
| Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
| Haskell County<br />Muskogee County<br />Sequoyah County
| OK
| 1970
|
|-
| Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
| Johnston County<br />Marshall County
| OK
| 1946
|
|-
| Washita National Wildlife Refuge
| Custer County
| OK
| 1961
|
|-
| Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
| Comanche County
| OK
| 1901
|
|-
| Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
| Marion County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
| Coos County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge
| Polk County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge
| Klamath County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge
| Tillamook County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge
| Umatilla County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
| Malheur County<br />Baker County<br />Canyon County, Idaho<br />Owyhee County, Idaho<br />Payette County, Idaho<br />Washington County, Idaho
| OR
| 1909
|
|-
| Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
| Clatsop County<br />Columbia County<br />Wahkiakum County, Washington
| OR
| 1972
|
|-
| Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
| Klamath County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
| Clatsop County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
| Klamath County<br />Siskiyou County, California
| OR
| 1908
|
|-
| Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
| Harney County
| OR
| 1908
|
|-
| McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge
| Umatilla County
| OR
| 1991
|
|-
| Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Tillamook County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
| Oregon Coast
| OR
|
|
|-
| Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge
| Lake County<br />Humboldt County, Nevada<br />Washoe County, Nevada
| OR
| 1931
|
|-
| Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
| Tillamook County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
| Washington County<br />Yamhill County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
| Morrow County<br />Benton County, Washington
| OR
|
|
|-
| Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
| Klamath County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Washington County<br />Yamhill County
| OR
|
|
|-
| William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge
| Benton County
| OR
|
|
|-
| Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge
| Monroe County
| PA
| 2008
|
|-
| Erie National Wildlife Refuge
| Crawford County
| PA
| 1959
|
|-
| John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
| Delaware County<br />Philadelphia County
| PA
| 1972
|
|-
| Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| Cabo Rojo
| PR
| 1974
|
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| Culebra National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| Isla Culebra
| PR
| 1909
|
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| Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| Mayagüez
| PR
| 1976
|
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| Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| Lajas
| PR
| 1989
|
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| Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| Isla de Vieques
| PR
| 2001
|
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| Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Washington County
| RI
| 1973
|
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| John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Washington County
| RI
| 1988
|
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| Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Washington County
| RI
| 1970
|
|-
| Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Newport County
| RI
| 1970
|
|-
| Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Washington County
| RI
| 1974
|
|-
| Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the South Carolina Lowcountry National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Charleston County
| SC
| 1932
|
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| Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
| Chesterfield County
| SC
| 1939
|
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| Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the South Carolina Lowcountry National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Beaufort County<br />Charleston County<br />Colleton County<br />Hampton County
| SC
| 1990
|
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| Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| Beaufort County
| SC
| 1975
|
|-
| Santee National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| Clarendon County
| SC
| 1941
|
|-
| Tybee National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex)
| Jasper County
| SC
| 1938
|
|-
| Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the South Carolina Lowcountry National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Georgetown County<br />Horry County<br />Marion County
| SC
| 1997
|
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| Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge
| Meade County
| SD
| 1935
|
|-
| Huron Wetland Management District
| Central South Dakota
| SD
| 1992
|
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| Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge
| Gregory County<br />Boyd County, Nebraska
| SD
| 1974
|
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| Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
| Bennett County
| SD
| 1935
|
|-
| Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
| Charles Mix County
| SD
| 1936
|
|-
| Lake Andes Wetland Management District
| Southeast South Dakota
| SD
| 1961
|
|-
| Madison Wetland Management District
| East Central South Dakota
| SD
| 1969
|
|-
| Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Brown County
| SD
| 1935
|
|-
| Sand Lake Wetland Management District
| North Central South Dakota
| SD
| 1961
|
|-
| Waubay National Wildlife Refuge
| Day County
| SD
| 1935
|
|-
| Waubay Wetland Management District
| Northeast South Dakota
| SD
| 1935
|
|-
| Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lauderdale County
| TN
| 1985
|
|-
| Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
| Stewart County
| TN
| 1962
|
|-
| Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
| Hardeman County<br />Haywood County
| TN
| 1964
|
|-
| Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lake County
| TN
| 1938
|
|-
| Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lauderdale County<br />Tipton County
| TN
| 1980
|
|-
|Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge
|Jackson County
| TN
|2023
|
|-
| Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Lake County<br />Obion County<br />Fulton County, Kentucky
| TN
| 1941
|
|-
| Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
| Benton County<br />Decatur County<br />Henry County<br />Humphreys County
| TN
| 1945
|
|-
| Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
| Aransas County<br />Calhoun County<br />Refugio County
| TX
| 1937
|
|-
| Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
| Colorado County
| TX
| 1972
|
|-
| Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
| Burnet County<br />Travis County<br />Williamson County
| TX
| 1992
|
|-
| Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
| Matagorda County
| TX
| 1983
|
|-
| Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
| Brazoria County
| TX
| 1969
|
|-
| Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Randall County
| TX
| 1958
|
|-
| Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Harrison County
| TX
| 2000
|
|-
| Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
| Grayson County
| TX
| 1946
|
|-
| Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Anahuac NWR) (Administered as part of the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex)
| Chambers County
| TX
| 1963
|
|-
| Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
| Cameron County<br />Willacy County
| TX
| 1946
|
|-
| Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
| Cameron County<br />Hidalgo County<br />Starr County<br />Zapata County
| TX
| 1979
|
|-
| McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge (Administered as part of the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex)
| Jefferson County
| TX
| 1980
|
|-
|Moody National Wildlife Refuge (Administered as part of the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex)
|Chambers County
| TX
|1961
|<br />(Easement on private land)
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| Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
| Bailey County
| TX
| 1935
|
|-
| Neches River National Wildlife Refuge
| Anderson County<br />Cherokee County
| TX
| 2006
|
|-
| San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
| Brazoria County<br />Matagorda County
| TX
| 1969
|
|-
| Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
| Hidalgo County
| TX
| 1943
|
|-
| Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge (Administered as part of the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex)
| Jefferson County
| TX
| 1979
|
|-
| Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
| Liberty County
| TX
| 1994
|
|-
| Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
| Box Elder County
| UT
| 1928
|
|-
| Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
| Juab County
| UT
| 1959
|
|-
| Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
| Uintah County
| UT
| 1960
|
|-
| Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
| Franklin County
| VT
| 1943
|
|-
| Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| St. Thomas
| VI
| 1969
|
|-
| Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| St. Croix
| VI
| 1977
|
|-
| Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (Managed by the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex)
| St. Croix
| VI
| 1984
|
|-
| Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Virginia Beach
| VA
| 1938
|
|-
| Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
| Accomack County<br />Worcester County, Maryland
| VA
| 1943
|
|-
| Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
| Northampton County
| VA
| 1984
|
|-
| Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Fairfax County
| VA
| 1969
|
|-
| Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Prince William County
| VA
| 1970
|
|-
| Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Northampton County
| VA
| 1973
|
|-
| Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
| Chesapeake<br />Suffolk<br />Camden County, North Carolina<br />Gates County, North Carolina<br />Pasquotank County, North Carolina
| VA
| 1974
|
|-
| James River National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Prince George County
| VA
| 1991
|
|-
| Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge
| Suffolk
| VA
| 1973
|
|-
| Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Prince William County
| VA
| 1998
|
|-
| Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge^
| Poquoson
| VA
| 1972
|
|-
| Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Chesterfield County
| VA
| 1953
|
|-
| Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Caroline County<br />Essex County<br />King George County<br />Richmond County
| VA
| 1996
|
|-
| Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Wallops Island, Accomack County
| VA
| 1975
|
|-
| Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
| Thurston County<br />Pierce County
| WA
| 1974
|
|-
| Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
| Adams County<br />Grant County
| WA
| 1944
|
|-
| Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Klickitat County
| WA
| 1964
|
|-
| Copalis National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Grays Harbor County
| WA
| 1907
|
|-
| Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Clallam County
| WA
| 1915
|
|-
| Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Clallam County
| WA
| 1907
|
|-
| Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Skamania County
| WA
| 1990
|
|-
| Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
| Grays Harbor County
| WA
| 1990
|
|-
| Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
| Wahkiakum County<br />Clatsop County, Oregon<br />Columbia County, Oregon
| WA
| 1972
|
|-
| McNary National Wildlife Refuge
| Walla Walla County
| WA
| 1956
|
|-
| Pierce National Wildlife Refuge
| Skamania County
| WA
| 1983
|
|-
| Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| Jefferson County
| WA
| 1982
|
|-
| Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
| Clark County
| WA
| 1965
|
|-
| Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge/Hanford Reach National Monument
| Adams County<br />Benton County<br />Franklin County<br />Grant County
| WA
| 2000
|
|-
| San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex)
| San Juan County
| WA
| 1976
|
|-
| Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Clark County
| WA
| 1987
|
|-
| Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
| Yakima County
| WA
| 1964
|
|-
| Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
| Spokane County
| WA
| 1937
|
|-
| Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
| Benton County<br />Morrow County, Oregon
| WA
| 1969
|
|-
| Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
| Pacific County
| WA
| 1937
|
|-
| Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
| Tucker County
| WV
| 11 July 1994
|
|-
| Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
| Ohio River
| WV
| 1990
|
|-
| Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
| Grant County<br />Richland County<br />Illinois<br />Iowa
| WI
| 1989
|
|-
| Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
| Marquette County
| WI
| 1979
|
|-
| Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
| Door County
| WI
| 1913
|
|-
| Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge
| Door County, Delta County, Michigan
| WI
| 1912
|
|-
| Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
| Walworth County
| WI
| 2012
|
|-
| Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
| Dodge County<br />Fond du Lac County
| WI
| 1941
|
|-
| Leopold Wetland Management District
| Southeastern Wisconsin
| WI
| 1993
|
|-
| Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
| Juneau County
| WI
| 1939
|
|-
| St. Croix Wetland Management District
| West Central Wisconsin
| WI
| 1992
|
|-
| Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
| Buffalo County<br />Trempealeau County
| WI
| 1936
|
|-
| Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
| Bayfield County
| WI
| 1999
|
|-
| Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge
| Albany County
| WY
| 1932
|
|-
| Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
| Lincoln County
| WY
| 1993
|
|-
| Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Albany County
| WY
| 1932
|
|-
| Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
| Albany County
| WY
| 1993
|
|-
| National Elk Refuge
| Teton County
| WY
| 1912
|
|-
| Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge
| Carbon County<br />Natrona County
| WY
| 1909
|
|-
| Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
| Sweetwater County
| WY
| 1965
|
|-
| 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
|
|
|}
See also
- List of largest National Wildlife Refuges
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex
- Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex
References
External links
- US Fish and Wildlife Service list of National Wildlife Refuges