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Alabama

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge

Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Arizona

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge

Arkansas

Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge

Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge

Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge

Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge

Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge

White River National Wildlife Refuge

California

Modoc National Wildlife Refuge

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge

Colorado

Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Florida

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge

Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

Georgia

Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge

Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge

Idaho

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge (Lake Lowell Sector, Idaho)

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge (Snake River Islands Sector, Idaho and Oregon)

Illinois

Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge

Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge

Great River National Wildlife Refuge

Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge

Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge

Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Savanna District

Indiana

Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge

Iowa

Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge

Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, McGregor District

Kansas

Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge

Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge

Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Kentucky

Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge

Louisiana

Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge

Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge

Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge

Delta National Wildlife Refuge

Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge

Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge

Red River National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge

Maryland

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Patuxent Research Refuge

Michigan

Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge

Minnesota

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Winona District

Mississippi

Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge

Hillside National Wildlife Refuge

Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge

Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge

Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge

Missouri

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

Montana

Bowdoin Wetland Management District

Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Nebraska

Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge

North Platte National Wildlife Refuge

New Jersey

Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

New Mexico

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge

New York

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

North Carolina

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge

Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge

North Dakota

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge

Ohio

Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge

Oklahoma

Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge

Little River National Wildlife Refuge

Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge

Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

Washita National Wildlife Refuge

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Oregon

Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Pennsylvania

John Heinz at Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge

South Carolina

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge

Santee National Wildlife Refuge

Tennessee

Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge

Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge

Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge

Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge

Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge

Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge

Texas

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge

Utah

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge

Vermont

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Virginia

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Washington

McNary National Wildlife Refuge

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

West Virginia

Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Wisconsin

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, LaCrosse District

Last updated: October 7, 2008
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