Locations of Sites Nominated to 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: 2 1 Aua
2 Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
California Number of Sites: 73 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
8 Cambria State Marine Conservation Area
9 Carmel Bay ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
10 Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area
11 Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve
12 Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
13 Channel Islands National Park
14 Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
15 Del Mar Landing ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
16 Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
17 Double Point ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
18 Duxbury Reef ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
19 Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area
20 Elkhorn Slough State Marine Conservation Area
Page 1 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 21 Elkhorn Slough State Marine Reserve
22 Farallon Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
23 Farnsworth Bank ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
24 Gerstle Cove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
25 Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area
26 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
27 Heisler Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
28 Irvine Coast ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
29 James V. Fitzgerald ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
30 Jughandle Cove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
31 Julia Pfeiffer Burns ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
32 King Range ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
33 La Jolla ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
34 Laguna Point to Latigo Point ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
35 Lovers Point State Marine Reserve
36 Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge
37 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
38 Moro Cojo Slough State Marine Reserve
39 Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area
40 Morro Bay State Marine Reserve
41 Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve
42 Northwest Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
43 Pacific Grove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
44 Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area
45 Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area
46 Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve
47 Point Buchon State Marine Conservation Area
48 Point Buchon State Marine Reserve
49 Point Lobos ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
50 Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area
51 Point Lobos State Marine Reserve
52 Point Reyes Headlands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
53 Point Reyes National Seashore
54 Point Sur State Marine Conservation Area
55 Point Sur State Marine Reserve
Page 2 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 56 Portugese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area
57 Redwoods National Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
58 Robert E. Badham ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
59 Salmon Creek Coast ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
60 San Clemente Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
61 San Diego-Scripps ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
62 San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
63 San Nicolas Island and Begg Rock ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
64 San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
65 Santa Barbara and Anacapa Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
66 Saunders Reef ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
67 Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area
68 Southeast Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
69 Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
70 Trinidad Head ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
71 Vandenberg State Marine Reserve
72 Western Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area
73 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: 23 1 Biscayne National Park
2 Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
3 Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
4 Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
5 Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
6 Dry Tortugas National Park
7 Everglades National Park
8 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
9 Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
10 Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Page 3 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 11 Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge
12 J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
13 Key West National Wildlife Refuge
14 Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
15 Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
16 National Key Deer Refuge
17 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
18 Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge
19 Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
20 Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
21 St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
22 St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
23 Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Georgia Number of Sites: 1 1 Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Guam Number of Sites: 1 1 Guam National Wildlife Refuge
Hawaii Number of Sites: 10 1 Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve
2 Hanauma Bay Marine Life Conservation District
3 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
4 Kahoolawe Island Reserve
5 Kealakekua Bay Marine Life Conservation District
6 Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
7 Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District
8 Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
9 Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District
10 West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area
Louisiana Number of Sites: 5 1 Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
2 Breton National Wildlife Refuge
3 Delta National Wildlife Refuge
4 Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Page 4 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 5 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: 6 1 Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
2 Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
3 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
4 Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
5 Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
6 Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Michigan Number of Sites: 3 1 Huron National Wildlife Refuge
2 Isle Royale National Park
3 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve
Minnesota Number of Sites: 1 1 Isle Royale National Park
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
Page 5 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 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: 5 1 Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
2 Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
3 Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
4 Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
5 Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
North Carolina Number of Sites: 7 1 Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
2 Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge
3 Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
4 Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
5 NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
6 Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
7 Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
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
Rhode Island Number of Sites: 4 1 Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
2 John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge
Page 6 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 3 Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
4 Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
South Carolina Number of Sites: 3 1 ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
2 Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
3 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
US Virgin Island Number of Sites: 2 1 Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
2 Virgin Islands National Park
Virginia Number of Sites: 17 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 Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
15 Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
16 Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve
Page 7 of 8 Friday, April 03, 2009 17 Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
Washington Number of Sites: 26 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
9 False Bay San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
10 Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve
11 Friday Harbor San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
12 Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
13 Haro Strait Special Management Fishery Area
14 Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
15 Maury Island Aquatic Reserve
16 Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
17 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
18 Orchard Rocks Conservation Area
19 Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
20 San Juan Channel and Upright Channel Special Management Fishery Area
21 Shaw Island San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
22 South Puget Sound Wildlife Area
23 Sund Rock Conservation Area
24 Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
25 Yellow and Low Islands San Juan Islands Marine Preserve
26 Zella M. Schultz/Protection Island Seabird Sanctuary
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