Welcome to the Southwest Regional Refuge Planning Division

This page contains links to Comprehensive Conservation Plans (15-year refuge management plans), Land Protection Plans (refuge expansion plans) and Preliminary Project Proposals (initial plans to create, or greatly enlarge a refuge) for National Wildlife Refuges in the States of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The Southwest Region's 45 National Wildlife Refuges protect wildlife and habitats ranging from the Coastal Marshes of Texas to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and the mountains of New Mexico to the river bottomlands of Oklahoma. The Planning Division staff hopes that this webpage encourages your participation in refuge planning.

Note: for a list of the status of all Comprehensive Conservation Plans in the Southwest Region, click on Plans in Progress and scroll down.

We are located in the Southwest Regional Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Division of Planning
National Wildlife Refuge System, Southwest Region
P.O. Box 1306
Albuquerque NM 87103
contact (505) 248-6823 for assistance.

Article about Refuge Comprehensive Planning that appeared in Planning, the member magazine of the American Planning Association.