National Wildlife Refuge System
Pacific Southwest Region
A flock of pintail duck flies over the Sacramento Nationa Wildlife Refuge on a fall evening. Credit: Mike Peters/USFWS
Pacific Southwest Region manages 47 National Wildlife Refuges and three Wildlife Management Areas covering 2.3 million acres in California , Nevada and Oregon's Klamath Basin. These refuges range in size from the 1.6 million acre Desert National Wildlife Refuge near Las Vegas, Nevada, to the 13-acre Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge, an island off the coast of northern California. The refuges encompass many types of habitats, including wetlands, estuaries, rocky shores, grasslands, forests, deserts and all variations in between. Most refuges provide food, nesting grounds and resting areas for birds migrating to and from northern and southern climes.
National Wildlife Refuges in the Pacific Southwest Region
Ash Meadows NWR Map/Directions
Anaho Island NWR Map/Directions
Antioch Dunes NWR Map/Directions
Bear Valley NWR Map/Directions
Bitter Creek NWR Map/Directions
Blue Ridge NWR Map/Directions
Butte Sink WMA Map/Directions
Castle Rock NWR Map/Directions
Clear Lake NWR Map/Directions
Coachella Valley NWR Map/Directions
Colusa NWR Map/Directions
Delevan NWR Map/Directions
Desert NWR Map/Directions
Don Edwards-SF Bay NWR Map/Directions
Ellicott Slough NWR Map/Directions
Fallon NWR Map/Directions
Farallon NWR Map/Directions
Grasslands WMA Map/Directions
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes NWR Map/Directions
Hopper Mountain NWR Map/Directions
Humboldt Bay NWR Map/Directions
Kern NWR Map/Directions
Klamath Marsh NWR Map/Directions
Lower Klamath NWR Map/Directions
Upper Klamath NWR Map/Directions
Marin
Islands NWR Map/Directions
Merced
NWR Map/Directions
Moapa Valley NWR Map/Directions
Modoc NWR Map/Directions
North Central Valley WMA Map/Directions
Pahranagat NWR Map/Directions
Pixley NWR Map/Directions
Ruby Lake N WRMap/Directions
Sacramento NWR Map/Directions
Salinas River NWR Map/Directions
San Diego Bay NWR Map/Directions
San Diego NWR Map/Directions
San Francisco Bay NWR Map/Directions
San Joaquin River NWR Map/Directions
San Luis NWR Map/Directions
San Pablo Bay NWR Map/Directions
Seal Beach NWR Map/Directions
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR Map/Directions
Stillwater NWR Map/Directions
Stone Lakes NWR Map/Directions
Sutter NWR Map/Directions
Tijuana Slough NWR Map/Directions
Tule Lake NWR Map/Directions
Willow Creek-Lurline WMA Map/Directions
What we do
- Refuge Conservation Planning
- Comprehensive Conservation Planning
- Land Conservation Planning
- Resource Management
- Conservation
- Partnerships
- Science
- Fire Program
- Hunting
- Fishing
Mapping services
About the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants.
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FieldNotes showcases the activities, events and conservation work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service here in the Pacific Southwest Region. The articles inside are written by our employees and reflect the efforts of the Service and our partners in conserving and preserving the unique natural resources here in California, Nevada and the Klamath Basin. After you've visited FieldNotes, follow us on these social media channels...