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As of 9/30/07 (the Division of Realty's annual reporting date), there were 548 national wildlife refuges in all 50 states. Rocky Flats in Colorado was established as the 548th National Wildlife Refuge on July 12, 2007, adding nearly 4,000 acres to the refuge system. There were 37 Wetland Management Districts in the Prairie Pothole region of the northern Great Plains. Not all of the refuges and Wetland Management Districts are represented with a Web Profile page. Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located.

The acreage for the NWRS as of 9/30/07 was 96,420,884 acres. The system encompasses 548 national wildlife refuges, 37 Wetland Management Districts (which include Waterfowl Production Areas in 205 counties), and 49 Coordination Areas which are managed by the states.

 
AK  - AL  - AR  - AZ  - CA  - CO  - CT  - DE  - FL  - GA  - GU  - HI  - IA  - ID  - IL  - IN  - KS  - KY  - LA  - MA  - MD  - ME  - MI  - MN  - MO  - MS  - MT  - NC  - ND  - NE  - NH  - NJ  - NM  - NV  - NY  - OH  - OK  - OR  - PA  - PR  - RI  - SC  - SD  - TN  - TX  - UT  - VA  - VI  - VT  - WA  - WI  - WV  - WY
California
   
Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge  
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge  
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge  
Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area  
Castle Rock 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  
Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge  
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge  
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area  
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge  
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge  
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge  
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge  
Kern National Wildlife Refuge  
Kesterton National Wildlife Refuge  
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge  
   
Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge  
Merced National Wildlife Refuge  
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge  
North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area  
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge  
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge  
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge  
Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge  
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge  
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge  
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge  
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge  
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge  
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge  
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge  
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge  
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge  
Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge  
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge  
Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area  



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