List of National Wildlife Refuges established for endangered species

This is a list of National Wildlife Refuges established specifically for the protection of one or more endangered species on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds.

StateUnit nameSpecies of concernUnit 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 25Arizona Buenos Aires NWR Masked bobwhite quail 116,585 Leslie Canyon NWR Gila topminnow, Yaqui chub, peregrine falcon 2,765 San Bernardino NWR Gila topminnow, Yaqui chub, Yaqui catfish, beautiful shiner, Huachuca water umbel 2,369Arkansas Logan Cave NWR Cave crayfish, gray bat, Indiana bat, Ozark cavefish 124California Antioch Dunes NWR Lange's metalmark butterfly, Antioch Dunes evening-primrose, Contra Costa wallflower 55 Bitter Creek NWR California condor 14,054 Blue Ridge NWR California condor 897 Castle Rock NWR Aleutian Canada goose 14 Coachella Valley NWR Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard 3,592 Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR California clapper rail, California least tern, salt marsh harvest mouse 21,524 Ellicott Slough NWR Santa Cruz long-toed salamander 139 Hopper Mountain NWR California condor 2,471 Sacramento River NWR Valley elderberry longhorn beetle, bald eagle, least Bell's vireo 7,884 San Diego NWR San Diego fairy shrimp, San Diego mesa mint, Otay mesa mint, California Orcutt grass, San Diego button-celery 1,840 San Joaquin River NWR Aleutian Canada goose 1,638 Seal Beach NWR Light-footed clapper rail, California least tern 911 Sweetwater Marsh NWR Light-footed clapper rail 316 Tijuana Slough NWR Light-footed clapper rail 1,023Florida Archie Carr NWR Loggerhead sea turtle, green sea turtle 29 Crocodile Lake NWR American crocodile 6,686 Crystal River NWR West Indian manatee 80 Florida Panther NWR Florida panther 23,379 Hobe Sound NWR Loggerhead sea turtle, green sea turtle 980 Lake Wales Ridge NWR Florida scrub jay, snakeroot, scrub blazing star, Carter's mustard, papery Whitlow-wort, Florida bonamia, scrub lupine, highlands scrub hypericum, Garrett's mint, scrub mint, pygmy fringe-tree, wireweed, Florida ziziphus, scrub plum, eastern indigo snake, bluetail mole skink, sand skink 659 National Key Deer Refuge Key deer 8,542 St. Johns NWR Dusky seaside sparrow 6,255Hawaii Hakalau Forest NWR Akepa, akiapolaau, 'o'u, Hawaiian hawk, Hawaiian creeper 32,730 Hanalei NWR Hawaiian stilt, Hawaiian coot, Hawaiian gallinule, Hawaiian duck 917 Huleia NWR Hawaiian stilt, Hawaiian coot, Hawaiian gallinule, Hawaiian duck 241 James C. Campbell NWR Hawaiian stilt, Hawaiian coot, Hawaiian gallinule, Hawaiian duck 164 Kakahaia NWR Hawaiian stilt, Hawaiian coot 45 Kealia Pond NWR Hawaiian stilt, Hawaiian coot 691 Pearl Harbor NWR Hawaiian stilt 61Iowa Driftless Area NWR Iowa Pleistocene snail 521Massachusetts Massasoit NWR Plymouth red-bellied turtle 184Michigan Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Kirtland's warbler 6,535Mississippi Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR Mississippi sandhill crane 19,713Missouri Ozark Cavefish NWR Ozark cavefish 42 Pilot Knob NWR Indiana bat 90Montana Red Rock LakesNWR Trumpeter swan 65,810Nebraska Karl E. Mundt NWR Bald eagle 19Nevada Ash Meadows NWR Devil's Hole pupfish, Warm Springs pupfish, Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, Ash Meadows speckled dace, Ash Meadows naucorid, Ash Meadows blazing star, Amargosa niterwort, Ash Meadows milk-vetch, Ash Meadows sunray, spring-loving centaury, Ash Meadows gumplant, Ash Meadows ivesia 13,268 Moapa Valley NWR Moapa dace 32Oklahoma Ozark Plateau NWR Ozark big-eared bat, gray bat 2,208Oregon Bear Valley NWR Bald eagle 4,200 Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tail Deer Columbian white-tailed deer 2,750 Nestucca Bay NWR Aleutian Canada goose 457Puerto RicoCabo Rojo NWRYellow-shouldered blackbird1,836Culebra NWRHawksbill sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle1,450Desecheo NWRHawksbill sea turtle, Puerto Rico applecactus360Laguna Cartagena NWRYellow-shouldered blackbird1,059Vieques NWRAntillean manatee, hawksbill sea turtle, leatherback sea turtleSouth Dakota Karl E. Mundt NWR Bald eagle 1,044Texas Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR Attwater's greater prairie chicken 8,007 Balcones Canyonlands NWR Black-capped vireo, golden-cheeked warbler 14,144US Virgin Islands Green Cay NWR St. Croix ground lizard 14 Sandy Point NWR Leatherback sea turtle 327Virginia James River NWR Bald eagle 4,147 Mason Neck NWR Bald eagle 2,276Washington Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tail Deer Columbian white-tailed deer 2,777Wyoming Mortenson Lake NWR Wyoming toad 1,776

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