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As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in ...
Lower 48 states 559 19.1 million acres 2% of NWRS acres are in the lower 48 states; 1% of the area of the lower 48 states is within the NWRS; by unit count, 92% of refuges are in the lower 48; 521 are refuges (14.69 million acres) and 38 are wetland management districts (4.44 million acres). Entire refuge system 611 856 million acres
Here is a list of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States. It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km 2), but excludes those in U.S. territories (also officially in the system). Acreage/Area includes water as well as land areas. Statistics are as of 30 September 2007. [1]
State Unit name Species of concern Unit area (acres) Alabama: Sauta Cave NWR: Indiana bat, gray bat: 264 Fern Cave NWR: Indiana bat, gray bat: 199 Key Cave NWR: Alabama cavefish, gray bat: 1,060 Watercress Darter NWR: Watercress darter: 25 Arizona: Buenos Aires NWR: Masked bobwhite quail: 116,585 Leslie Canyon NWR: Gila topminnow, Yaqui chub ...
Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite ...
Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a group of protected areas in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. Headquartered in Burbank, Washington, its administrators manage seven national wildlife refuges (NWR)s and one national monument on or near the Columbia River.
While the 1998 version does have significant redactions when referencing the name and location of the U-2 test site, the nearly un-redacted version from 2013 reveals much more, including multiple ...
Various types of wading birds, shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors, mammals (including feral horses), reptiles, and amphibians common to the eastern United States, are found on the refuge. The endangered piping plover and loggerhead sea turtle sometimes nest on refuge beaches and dunes. The refuge has a surface area of 8,316 acres (33.65 km 2). [4]