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The National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the world's premier system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants.
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In San Luis Valley, supports a large variety of wildlife Protects more than 2400 islands, islets, sea stacks, rocks, reefs, and headlands Protects an expanse of diverse wetland habitats in northeast coastal NC Created to enhance and protect an area of wetlands in north-central Colorado On Florida's east coast, designed to protect loggerhead sea turtle nesting areas 8 million acres hosting 45 species of land and marine mammals Protects a habitat that attracts large concentrations of migrating waterfowl Focuses primarily on wetland habitat restoration Encompassed within nearly one-half million acres of hardwood swamps, lakes and bayous Protects the habitat of the rare and endangered Attwater's prairie chicken Named in honor of John James Audubon, the nineteenth c. artist and naturalist Supports a large population of breeding and migrating waterbirds Primary mission is to preserve habitat for threatened Louisiana black bear Est. 1929, cattail and bulrush marsh surrounded by shortgrass prairie Contains the largest unfragmented forested block in southeastern Indiana Protects important ecological values along the lower Colorado River Barrier island containing a variety of maritime habitats Est. 1937; hosts hundreds of thousands of migrating birds 1980, coastal barrier-island habitats on Fort Morgan Peninsula Protects a scenically spectacular area in the Chiluahuan Desert Currently re-establishing a breeding population of masked bobwhite quail Est. 1939 to protect a population of bighorn sheep in the Sonoran Desert Established as an upland buffer for the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats Established to preserve and protect wintering waterfowl and their habitat Diverse habitats welcome vast numbers of migrating birds Vertical sea cliffs provide nesting habitat for peregrine falcons and thousands of seabirds Est. 1932, contains an extensive cordgrass-dominated estuarine salt marsh habitat On the end of a peninsula marking the southern end of Pamlico Sound Provides a stopover for migratory birds Encompasses a 125 mile stretch of Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River Established to protect an expanse of estuaries, bays, marshlands and bottomland hardwood swamps An important link in the chain of resting areas along the Mississippi Flyway Protects a stretch of meandering Mississippi River floodplain Provides a wood duck brood habitat and a wintering area for waterfowl In the floodplain of the lower Colorado, provides home for many wildlife species Provides food and resting needs for wintering Canada geese and other wildlife Protects critical habitat for the endangered American crocodile Produces waterfowl food crops Established by President Theodore Roosevelt to protect important seabird colonies Protects 15,000 acres of wetlands and bottomland forests Rolling sagebrush hills, provides resting area for birds migrating along the Pacific Flyway Located 10 miles south of Venice along the Mississippi River 1.6 million acres of the Mojave Desert Est. 1935 to protect an ecologically rich stretch of the Des Lacs River Traditional waterfowl flyway Est. 1969 specifically for the then-endangered bald eagle ACE stands for three major rivers: the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Located along the Chattahoochee River between Alabama and Georgia 11,184 acres on the Walter F. George Lake; Alabama and Georgia Breeding ground for birds and wild animals at the terminus of the Carson River Est. 1909, sustains the largest sea bird breeding colony south of Alaska Dissected by a system of rivers, creeks, sloughs, buttonbush swamps and lakes Lies in the broad, flat Neosho River Valley Rolling grassland habitat supports approximately 350 bison and 100 elk Designated as a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Site The largest hardstem bulrush marsh in North America Diverse habitat contains more than 600 species of trees and plants Est. 1938 as haven for great white herons and other wildlife; accessible only by boat Est. 2000 to protect breeding habitat for endangered California least tern Provides habitat for the last remaining populations of the endangered Mariana fruit bat Focuses on the recovery of endangered forest birds, plants and their rain forest habitat Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge Protects 30 river miles of the lower Colorado; home for the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher Southern Atlantic coast, protects coastal barrier island, sand dune, and mangrove swamp habitats Established to protect habitat for the endangered California condor A Mohican Indian word meaning pure, clean water Coastal northern California, exists to protect wetland habitats for migratory water birds Protects a cluster of eight small islands in Lake Superior Nearly 4 million acres, remote and isolated even by Alaska standards Located midway between Rochester and Buffalo The smallest of Alaska's refuges; protects salmon, wolf, fox, wolverine, caribou and brown bear Est. 1935, extends southward from the Canadian border World famous for its spectacular wading bird populations Extensive sand dune area; still in planning phase and closed to the public One of the few natural wetlands remaining in the Hawaiian Islands Offers the unique opportunity to view red-footed boobies One of the last remaining strongholds of the spotted frog Est. 1941, protects roughly two-thirds of Kodiak Island and 2500 Kodiak brown bears Pristine desert home for bighorn sheep and the California fan palm, the only native palm of Arizona 20 miles from the Canadian border, provides diverse habitats In Cameron and Evangeline Parishes Bald and golden eagles and numerous hawks populate the refuge Protects ecologically important Bitterroot River bottomland Protects approximately 20 estuarine islands in northwestern Oregon Named for the river that flow through the refuge Contains most of the remaining bottomland hardwood habitat in southeastern Oklahoma Ozark Mountain, diverse habitat including oak-hickory forest, grassland and prairie Contains a mixed-grass landscape of rolling hills and scattered copses of quaking aspens Est. 1908 as the first national wildlife refuge primarily for the benefit of waterfowl Strives to protect and enhance a diverse natural ecosystem One of the crown jewels of the system…protects a vast complex of wetlands in Oregon's high desert Named after the Marais des Cygnes River; french for "swan marsh" Overlays the John F. Kennedy Space Center Coral reef-encircled lagoon with a variety of birds and marine life Est. 1945 to restore and protect Mingo Swamp Diverse habitats on the Snake River plain in south-central Idaho Established to restore and protect part of the once-vast Montezuma Marsh One of the most northern refuges along the Atlantic flyway The oldest wildlife refuge in Texas, est. 1935 Preserves a mix of forest, wetland, and grassland habitat for fish, wildlife and people Est. 1908 to help save the American bison Located in Jackson Hole, provides winter habitat for the Jackson elk herd Mission to re-construct tallgrass prairie and restore oak savanna In mid-Oct, a spectacular concentration of sandhill cranes A unique combination of estuaries, tidal flats, and fresh water marshes Working to preserve a portion of the remaining remnant tracts of tallgrass prairie Located on the upper slopes of the misty northern Ko'olau Mountains Swamp habitats, cypress forests, upland islands and open lakes Est. 2001, wet tropical atoll in the Line Islands Est. 1942; vital stopover along the Atlantic flyway Within the Wabash River Basin flyway Wintering refuge for migratory waterfowl Est. 1938, protects a stretch of Outer Banks coastal barrier island habitat Established in 1903 as the first national wildlife refuge in the U. S. Primarily an upland forest habitat Protects and enhances habitat for migratory waterfowl and other birds Located along the western shore of Delaware Bay Name comes from a Native American tribe Protects valuable salt marshes and estuaries for migratory birds Est. 1935 to help rescue from extinction the trumpeter swan Northern part of Reelfoot Lake which occupies a stretch of former Mississippi River floodplain Forested wetlands in the lower 130 miles of the Roanoke River Situated on the site of a former nuclear weapons plant Near Denver, one of the largest urban wildlife refuges in the U. S. Encompasses the Hanford Reach National Monument Located on the southwestern tip of St. Croix Island International wildlife clientele along the most southern stretch of the Rio Grande Est. 1935 to provide habitat for migrating birds and resident wildlife Protects a variety of habitats: woodlands, wetlands, flooded fields and cropland Protects an abundance and diversity of native plant, fish and wildlife ecosystems Consists of 83 rocks, reefs, grassy and forested islands in northern Puget Sound One of the last remnants of the wintering grounds for migratory waterfowl of the Pacific Flyway Attracts large concentrations of lesser snow geese Scattered along 60 miles of the Long Island Sound coastline Complex consisting of Stillwater Refuge, Fallon Refuge and Anaho Island Refuge Est. 1931 along the Gulf Coast; enjoys a reputation of excellent birdwatching An undeveloped barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico National Game Preserve; protects herds of bison, elk and deer Manages tidally influenced wetlands Established to restore and protect a remnant of tidal salt marsh Protects mangrove habitats along the southwest coast Landscape of forests, wetlands, tundra, lakes, mountains and glacial rivers Protects important wetland and prairie grassland habitats Maintains essential habitats for many migrating shorebirds and waterfowl Located in northeastern Washington on the eastern edge of the Columbia River Basin Only 72 acres, habitat supports over 100 different species of birds Primary focus is 9900 acre Lake Darling More than 220 species of birds recorded Located in the western basin of Lake Erie Est. 1938; variety of habitats for large concentrations of wintering waterfowl and other wildlife Protects a strategic point of land for major concentrations of migrating birds Est. 1935 for the protection of migratory birds Hosts a rare remnant of mixed-grass prairie that escaped the plow Supports notable concentrations of waterfowl and shorebirds 19.6 million acres, protects the sprawling treeless wetland plain of southwest Alaska
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