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List of National Wildlife Refuges. 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.
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.The 120,000-acre (49,000 ha) refuge is located almost entirely in Cameron County, Texas, 25 mi (40 km) east of Harlingen, [2] although a very small part of its northernmost point extends into southern Willacy County.
The Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a 8,493-acre (3,437 ha) protected area of Texas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System. It is located along Caddo Lake in East Texas. The area that currently encompasses the refuge was highly valued in the 19th Century because its ...
The Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA) in southeastern Matagorda County, south of the towns of Bay City and Wadsworth. It borders a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. Established in 1983 and encompassing 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of salt marsh. [1] Big Boggy National ...
The category for national wildlife refuges in Texas relates to wildlife areas in the U.S. state of Texas. Pages in category "National Wildlife Refuges in Texas" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
1966. Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,088-acre (8.45 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge situated along the banks of the Rio Grande, south of Alamo in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Hidalgo County, South Texas. The wildlife refuge was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943. Its unique location is at the meeting of ...
The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge is a 45,730-acre (185.1 km 2) [1] wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), south of the towns of Sweeny and Brazoria, Texas. It encloses a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. The refuge is located in southern Brazoria and eastern Matagorda counties.
Website. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. The Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is a 44,414-acre (179.74 km 2) [1] wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), east of the towns of Angleton and Lake Jackson, Texas. It borders Christmas Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Follet's Island.