Recent Refuges

National Wildlife Refuge	State	Establishment
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area	New Mexico	9/27/2012
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge	New Mexico	9/21/2012
Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area	Colorado	9/14/2012
Swan Valley Conservation Area	Montana	8/6/2012
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area	Florida	1/18/2012
Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Area	Kansas	9/28/2011
Dakota Grassland Conservation Area	North Dakota, South Dakota	9/21/2011
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge	Pennsylvania	10/18/2010
Tulare Basin Wildlife Management Area	California	3/22/2010
Mariana Arc Of Fire National Wildlife Refuge	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	1/16/2009
Mariana Trench National Wildlife Refuge	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	1/16/2009
Wake Atoll National Wildlife Refuge	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	1/16/2009
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge	Colorado	7/12/2007
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Area	Montana	9/19/2006
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge	Texas	8/23/2006
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge	Minnesota	10/26/2004
Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge	Mississippi	1/23/2004
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge	Mississippi	1/23/2004
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge	Alabama	5/29/2003
Baca National Wildlife Refuge	Colorado	4/10/2003
Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge	Alabama	9/25/2002
Red River National Wildlife Refuge	Louisiana	8/22/2002
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge	Michigan	12/21/2001
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge	Louisiana	10/31/2001
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge	Massachusetts	7/8/2001
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge	Puerto Rico	5/1/2001
Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge	Mississippi	1/30/2001
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	1/18/2001
Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	1/18/2001
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge	Hawaii	12/21/2000
Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife Management Area	South Dakota	12/19/2000
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Texas	10/21/2000
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge	Minnesota	9/18/2000
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge	California	8/1/2000
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	Indiana	6/30/2000
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge	Louisiana	5/30/2000
North Dakota Wildlife Management Area	North Dakota	2/25/2000
John W. And Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge	Nebraska	10/26/1999

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers the establishment date of a National Wildlife Refuge to be the later of the authorizing date and first tract acquired.

Last updated: October 16, 2012