National Wildlife Refuge Listing

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 Park NameEstablishedState/TerritoryPhoto Gallery RegionEcoregionManagement Agency
FORT NIOBRARA
National Wildlife Refuge
1912NebraskaGreat PlainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
National Wildlife
and Fish Refuge
1924MinnesotaCentral InteriorHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
TULE LAKE
National Wildlife Refuge
1928CaliforniaCaliforniaHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
SALT PLAINS
National Wildlife Refuge
1930OklahomaGreat PlainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
ST. MARKS
National Wildlife Refuge
1931FloridaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
WHITE RIVER
National Wildlife Refuge
1935ArkansasCentral InteriorHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
SENEY
National Wildlife Refuge
1935MichiganGreat LakesHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
LACREEK
National Wildlife Refuge
1935South DakotaGreat PlainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
CHARLES M.
RUSSELL
National Wildlife Refuge
1936MontanaGreat PlainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
DESERT
National Wildlife Refuge
1936NevadaBasin & Range /
Columbia Plateau
AridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
HART MOUNTAIN
National Antelope Refuge
1936OregonBasin & Range /
Columbia Plateau
AridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
BOMBAY HOOK
National Wildlife Refuge
1937DelawareAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
OKEFENOKEE
National Wildlife Refuge
1937GeorgiaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
SABINE
National Wildlife Refuge
1937LouisianaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
AGASSIZ
National Wildlife Refuge
1937MinnesotaGreat LakesHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
PEA ISLAND
National Wildlife Refuge
1938North CarolinaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
KOFA
National Wildlife Refuge
1939ArizonaAridAmerican SouthwestFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
PARKER RIVER
National Wildlife Refuge
1942MassachusettsAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
CHINCOTEAGUE
National Wildlife Refuge
1943VirginiaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
COLUMBIA
National Wildlife Refuge
1944WashingtonBasin & Range /
Columbia Plateau
AridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
TENNESSEE
National Wildlife Refuge
1945TennesseeCentral InteriorHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
MONTE VISTA
National Wildlife Refuge
1953ColoradoRocky MountainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
MCNARY
National Wildlife Refuge
1956WashingtonBasin & Range /
Columbia Plateau
AridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
KEY DEER
National Wildlife Refuge
1957FloridaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TropicalFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
OTTAWA
National Wildlife Refuge
1961OhioGreat LakesHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
PRIME HOOK
National Wildlife Refuge
1963DelawareAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
MERRITT ISLAND
National Wildlife Refuge
1963FloridaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
POCOSIN LAKES
National Wildlife Refuge
1963North CarolinaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
CEDAR POINT
National Wildlife Refuge
1965OhioGreat LakesHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
FLINT HILLS
National Wildlife Refuge
1966KansasGreat PlainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
RACHEL CARSON
National Wildlife Refuge
1966MaineAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
BRAZORIA
National Wildlife Refuge
1969TexasAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
GREAT DISMAL
SWAMP
National Wildlife Refuge
1974VirginiaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
MISSISSIPPI
SANDHILL CRANE
National Wildlife Refuge
1975MississippiAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
J.N. "DING" DARLING
National Wildlife Refuge
1976FloridaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
LOWER SUWANNEE
National Wildlife Refuge
1979FloridaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
BOGUE CHITTO
National Wildlife Refuge
1980LouisianaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
ALASKA MARITIME
National Wildlife Refuge
1980
12|December 02
AlaskaAlaskaHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
YUKON FLATS
National Wildlife
Refuge
1980
12|December 02
AlaskaAlaskaPolarFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
ALLIGATOR RIVER
National Wildlife Refuge
1984North CarolinaAtlantic East CoastHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
CHICKASAW
National Wildlife Refuge
1985TennesseeCentral InteriorHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
CYPRESS CREEK
National Wildlife Refuge
1990IllinoisCentral InteriorHumid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
BAYOU SAUVAGE
National Wildlife Refuge
1990LouisianaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
ST. CATHERINE
CREEK
National Wildlife Refuge
1990MississippiAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
GRAND BAY
National Wildlife Refuge
1992MississippiAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TemperateFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
ALAMOSA
National Wildlife Refuge
1993ColoradoRocky MountainsAridFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)
TEN THOUSAND
ISLANDS
National Wildlife Refuge
1996FloridaAmerican Southeast
& Gulf Coast
Humid TropicalFish and Wildlife
Service (FWS)