List of largest National Wildlife Refuges

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 km²), 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. The eleven largest National Wildlife Refuges are all in the state of Alaska.

Name	State(s)	Acreage	Area: km²
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	19,286,482.30	78,049.62
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	19,162,416.50	77,547.55
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	8,634,511.57	34,942.63
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	4,102,537.38	16,602.38
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	3,850,481.05	15,582.34
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	3,563,489.83	14,420.93
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	3,550,160.50	14,366.99
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	3,417,756.91	13,831.17
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	2,150,161.99	8,701.40
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	1,990,418.11	8,054.94
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	1,912,425.40	7,739.31
Desert National Wildlife Refuge	Nevada	1,615,313.49	6,536.94
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	1,560,000.00	6,313.10
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	1,430,160.17	5,787.65
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	1,200,059.57	4,856.47
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge	Montana	915,294.22	3,704.06
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge	Arizona	860,041.32	3,480.46
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	700,058.54	2,833.04
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge	Arizona	666,561.26	2,697.48
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge	Nevada / Oregon	573,503.63	2,320.89
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge	Georgia / Florida	401,908.38	1,626.47
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	311,075.78	1,258.88
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge	Oregon	270,003.58	1,092.67
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Hawaii	254,418.10	1,029.59
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge	New Mexico	229,673.57	929.46
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Florida	208,308.17	842.99
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge	Wisconsin / Iowa / Minnesota / Illinois	208,143.53	842.33
Hanford Reach National Monument	Washington	195,719.00	702.05
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge	Oregon	187,126.94	757.28
White River National Wildlife Refuge	Arkansas	158,976.07	643.35
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge	North Carolina	153,017.15	619.24
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Florida	143,953.77	582.56
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	Florida	139,189.40	563.28
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge	Louisiana	125,790.08	509.05
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Florida	117,720.63	476.40
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge	Arizona	117,107.16	473.92
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge	Texas	114,657.05	464.00
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge	Virginia / North Carolina	111,202.81	450.02
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	North Carolina	110,106.64	445.59
Seney National Wildlife Refuge	Michigan	95,244.81	385.44
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge	Texas	90,441.09	366.00
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area	California	89,012.27	360.22
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge	Texas	88,388.69	357.70
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge	Nevada	87,271.26	353.17
National Key Deer Refuge	Florida	84,824.28	343.27
Baca National Wildlife Refuge	Colorado	78,696.65	318.47
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge	Utah	73,996.41	299.45
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge	Louisiana	73,169.36	296.11
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge	Nebraska	73,098.09	295.82
Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge	Florida	69,196.75	280.03
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge	South Carolina	66,287.18	268.25
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge	Arkansas	66,164.82	267.76
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	Montana	65,810.25	266.32
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge	Arkansas	64,902.14	262.65
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge	Minnesota	61,500.93	248.89
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge	North Dakota	59,376.40	240.29
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge	Oklahoma	59,019.60	238.84
McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge	Texas	58,861.43	238.20
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge	New Mexico	57,215.48	231.54
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	New Mexico	57,191.10	231.44
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge	Montana	56,049.56	226.82
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge	Tennessee	51,359.46	207.84
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	Florida	51,030.32	206.51
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	Indiana	51,000.00	206.39
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge	California / Oregon	50,912.68	206.04
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge	North Carolina	50,173.93	203.05

See also

• List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States
• List of largest National Forests
• List of National Parks of the United States

External links

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: National Wildlife Refuge System: Find a National Wildlife Refuge by name