Locations of Sites in the National System of MPAs
Alabama Number of Sites: 2 1 Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
2 Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska Number of Sites: 4 1 Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
2 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
3 Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
4 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
American Samoa Number of Sites: 13 1 Alofau Village Marine Protected Area
2 Amanave Village Marine Protected Area
3 Amaua & Auto Village Marine Protected Area
4 Aoa Village Marine Protected Area
5 Aua Village Marine Protected Area
6 Fagamalo Village Marine Protected Area
7 Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
8 Masausi Village Marine Protected Area
9 Matu'u & Faganeanea Village Marine Protected Area
10 National Park of American Samoa
11 Poloa Village Marine Protected Area
12 Sa'ilele Village Marine Protected Area
13 Vatia Village Marine Protected Area
California Number of Sites: 108 1 Ano Nuevo ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
2 Ano Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area
3 Asilomar State Marine Reserve
4 Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area
5 Big Creek State Marine Reserve
6 Bird Rock ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
7 Bodega ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 1 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 California Number of Sites: 108 8 Bodega Head State Marine Conservation Area
9 Bodega Head State Marine Reserve
10 Cabrillo National Monument
11 Cambria State Marine Conservation Area
12 Carmel Bay ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
13 Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area
14 Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve
15 Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
16 Channel Islands National Park
17 Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
18 Del Mar Landing ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
19 Del Mar Landing State Marine Reserve
20 Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
21 Double Point ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
22 Double Point/Stormy Stack Special Closure
23 Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area
24 Duxbury Reef ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
25 Duxbury State Marine Conservation Area
26 Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area
27 Egg (Devil's Slide) Rock to Devil's Slide Special Closure
28 Elkhorn Slough State Marine Conservation Area
29 Elkhorn Slough State Marine Reserve
30 Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area
31 Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve
32 Estero de San Antonio State Marine Recreational Management Area
33 Farallon Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
34 Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
35 Farnsworth Bank ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
36 Gerstle Cove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
37 Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve
38 Golden Gate National Recreation Area
39 Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 2 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 California Number of Sites: 108 40 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
41 Heisler Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
42 Irvine Coast ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
43 James V. Fitzgerald ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
44 Jughandle Cove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
45 Julia Pfeiffer Burns ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
46 King Range ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
47 La Jolla ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
48 Laguna Point to Latigo Point ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
49 Lovers Point State Marine Reserve
50 Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge
51 Montara State Marine Reserve
52 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
53 Moro Cojo Slough State Marine Reserve
54 Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area
55 Morro Bay State Marine Reserve
56 Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve
57 North Farallon Islands & Isle of St. James Special Closure
58 North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve
59 Northwest Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
60 Pacific Grove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
61 Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area
62 Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area
63 Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve
64 Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area
65 Point Arena State Marine Conservation Area
66 Point Arena State Marine Reserve
67 Point Buchon State Marine Conservation Area
68 Point Buchon State Marine Reserve
69 Point Lobos ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
70 Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area
71 Point Lobos State Marine Reserve
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 3 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 California Number of Sites: 108 72 Point Resistance Special Closure
73 Point Reyes Headlands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
74 Point Reyes Headlands Special Closure
75 Point Reyes National Seashore
76 Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area
77 Point Reyes State Marine Reserve
78 Point Sur State Marine Conservation Area
79 Point Sur State Marine Reserve
80 Portugese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area
81 Redwoods National Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
82 Robert E. Badham ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
83 Russian River State Marine Conservation Area
84 Russian River State Marine Recreational Management Area
85 Salmon Creek Coast ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
86 Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area
87 San Clemente Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
88 San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
89 San Diego-Scripps ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
90 San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
91 San Nicolas Island and Begg Rock ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
92 San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
93 Santa Barbara and Anacapa Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
94 Saunders Reef ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
95 Saunders Reef State Marine Conservation Area
96 Sea Lion Cove State Marine Conservation Area
97 Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area
98 Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Conservation Area
99 Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Reserve
### Southeast Farallon Special Closure A
### Southeast Farallon Special Closure B
### Southeast Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
### Stewarts Point State Marine Conservation Area
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 4 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 California Number of Sites: 108 ### Stewarts Point State Marine Reserve
### Trinidad Head ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
### Vandenberg State Marine Reserve
### Western Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
### White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area
Connecticut Number of Sites: 1 1 Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware Number of Sites: 2 1 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
2 Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Florida Number of Sites: 25 1 Biscayne National Park
2 Canaveral National Seashore
3 Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
4 Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
5 Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
6 Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
7 Dry Tortugas National Park
8 Everglades National Park
9 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
10 Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
11 Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
12 Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge
13 J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
14 Key West National Wildlife Refuge
15 Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
16 Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
17 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
18 National Key Deer Refuge
19 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 5 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Florida Number of Sites: 25 20 Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge
21 Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
22 Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
23 St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
24 St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
25 Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Georgia Number of Sites: 8 1 Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
2 Cumberland Island National Seashore
3 Fort Pulaski National Monument
4 Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
5 Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
6 Tybee National Wildlife Refuge
7 Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
8 Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
Guam Number of Sites: 1 1 Guam National Wildlife Refuge
Hawaii Number of Sites: 12 1 Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve
2 Hanauma Bay Marine Life Conservation District
3 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
4 Kaho'olawe Island Reserve
5 Kalaupapa National Historical Park
6 Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
7 Kealakekua Bay Marine Life Conservation District
8 Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
9 Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District
10 Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
11 Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District
12 West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 6 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Indiana Number of Sites: 1 1 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Louisiana Number of Sites: 6 1 Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
2 Breton National Wildlife Refuge
3 Delta National Wildlife Refuge
4 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve
5 Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
6 Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Maine Number of Sites: 3 1 Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
2 Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
3 Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Maryland Number of Sites: 7 1 Assateague Island National Seashore
2 Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
3 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
4 Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
5 Martin National Wildlife Refuge
6 Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge
7 U-1105 Black Panther Historic Shipwreck Preserve (Maryland Archaeological Survey # 18ST6
Massachusetts Number of Sites: 50 1 Albert Gallatin Exempt Site
2 Alice M. Colburn Exempt Site
3 Alice M. Lawrence Exempt Site
4 Ardandhu Exempt Site
5 Barge and Crane Exempt Site
6 California Exempt Site
7 Cape Cod National Seashore
8 Charles S. Haight Exempt Site
9 Chelsea Exempt Site
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 7 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Massachusetts Number of Sites: 50 10 Chester A. Poling Exempt Site
11 City of Salisbury Exempt Site
12 Corvan Exempt Site
13 Dixie Sword Exempt Site
14 Edward Rich Exempt Site
15 French Van Gilder Exempt Site
16 Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
17 H.M.C.S. Saint Francis Exempt Site
18 Henry Endicott Exempt Site
19 Herbert Exempt Site
20 Herman Winter Exempt Site
21 Hilda Garston Exempt Site
22 James S. Longstreet Exempt Site
23 John Dwight Exempt Site
24 Kershaw Exempt Site
25 Kiowa Exempt Site
26 Lackawana Exempt Site
27 Lunet Exempt Site
28 Lydonia Canyon Gear Restricted Area
29 Mars Exempt Site
30 Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
31 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
32 Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
33 Oceanographer Canyon Gear Restricted Area
34 Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
35 Pemberton Exempt Site
36 Pendleton Exempt Site
37 Pinthis Exempt Site
38 Port Hunter Exempt Site
39 Pottstown Exempt Site
40 Romance Exempt Site
41 Seaconnet Exempt Site
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 8 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Massachusetts Number of Sites: 50 42 Trojan Exempt Site
43 U.S.S. Grouse Exempt Site
44 U.S.S. New Hampshire Exempt Site
45 U.S.S. Triana Exempt Site
46 U.S.S. Yankee Exempt Site
47 U.S.S. YSD Exempt Site
48 Veatch Canyon Gear Restricted Area
49 Vineyard Sound Lightship Exempt Site
50 Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Michigan Number of Sites: 5 1 Huron National Wildlife Refuge
2 Isle Royale National Park
3 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
4 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
5 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve
Mississippi Number of Sites: 1 1 Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
New Hampshire Number of Sites: 1 1 Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
New Jersey Number of Sites: 4 1 Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
2 Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
3 Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
4 Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
New York Number of Sites: 7 1 Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
2 Fire Island National Seashore
3 Gateway National Recreation Area
4 Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
5 Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 9 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 New York Number of Sites: 7 6 Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
7 Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
North Carolina Number of Sites: 9 1 Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
2 Cape Hatteras National Seashore
3 Cape Lookout National Seashore
4 Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge
5 Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
6 Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
7 NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
8 Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
9 Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
Offshore Areas (Federal Sites) Number of Sites: 4 1 Lydonia Canyon Gear Restricted Area
2 Norfolk Canyon Gear Restricted Area
3 Oceanographer Canyon Gear Restricted Area
4 Veatch Canyon Gear Restricted Area
Oregon Number of Sites: 4 1 Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
2 Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
3 Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge
4 Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Pacific Islands Number of Sites: 7 1 Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge
2 Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge
3 Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge
4 Johnston Island National Wildlife Refuge
5 Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge
6 Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
7 Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 10 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Puerto Rico Number of Sites: 6 1 Arrecifes de la Cordillera Natural Reserve
2 Canal Luis Peña Natural Reserve
3 Isla de Desecheo Marine Reserve
4 Isla de Mona Natural Reserve
5 Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
6 Tres Palmas de Rincón Marine Reserve
Rhode Island Number of Sites: 4 1 Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
2 John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge
3 Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
4 Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
South Carolina Number of Sites: 7 1 ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
2 Ashley River Heritage Canoe Trail
3 Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
4 Cooper River Heritage Dive Trail
5 Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
6 Tybee National Wildlife Refuge
7 Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
Texas Number of Sites: 6 1 Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
2 Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
3 Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
4 Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
5 Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
6 San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Virgin Islands Number of Sites: 6 1 Buck Island Reef National Monument
2 Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve
3 St. Croix East End Marine Park
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 11 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 U.S. Virgin Islands Number of Sites: 6 4 St. Thomas East End Reserves
5 Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
6 Virgin Islands National Park
Virginia Number of Sites: 18 1 Assateague Island National Seashore
2 Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
3 Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve
4 Blue Crab Sanctuary
5 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
6 Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserve
7 Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
8 False Cape State Park
9 Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
10 Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
11 Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve
12 Kiptopeke State Park
13 Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
14 Norfolk Canyon Gear Restricted Area
15 Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
16 Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
17 Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve
18 Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
Washington Number of Sites: 33 1 Admiralty Head Marine Preserve
2 Argyle Lagoon San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
3 Blake Island Underwater Park
4 Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanctuary Conservation Area
5 Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve
6 Cypress Island Aquatic Reserve
7 Deception Pass Underwater Park
8 Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
Page 12 of 13 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Washington Number of Sites: 33 9 Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
10 False Bay San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
11 Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve
12 Friday Harbor San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
13 Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
14 Haro Strait Special Management Fishery Area
15 Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
16 Maury Island Aquatic Reserve
17 Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
18 Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve
19 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
20 Olympic National Park
21 Orchard Rocks Conservation Area
22 Protection Island Aquatic Reserve
23 Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
24 San Juan Channel and Upright Channel Special Management Fishery Area
25 San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve
26 San Juan Island National Historical Park
27 Shaw Island San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
28 Smith and Minor Island Aquatic Reserve
29 South Puget Sound Wildlife Area
30 Sund Rock Conservation Area
31 Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
32 Yellow and Low Islands San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
33 Zella M. Schultz/Protection Island Seabird Sanctuary
Note - Federal MPAs that are located in multiple states' waters are listed in all applicable states. MPAs that extend beyond state waters are also listed in the Offshore Waters section.
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