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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Visit us online at http://refuges.fws.gov/ National Wildlife Refuge System Map A R C T I C O C E A N R W N e Teshekpuk Midway Atoll NWR m ti Lake ri a H M aw a PACIFIC ISLANDS ai k ian s Is a lan l ds A 0 200 400 MILES NWR 0 300 600 KILOMETERS R Alaska M River U aritime Colville Arctic NWR SCALE 1:29,000,000 S NWR H S A W A I I I A Noatak WAKE ISLAND River See inset map of Hawaii below River Kobuk Johnston Island NWR ne pi NORTHERN MARIANA cu or ISLANDS River P WR e N R Yukon ritim Selawik Yukon Flats NW Guam NWR Ma NWR ska Ala Kanuti M A NWR R A l S a River H s A k L a River L M Koyukuk a ukuk I r Koy S it NWR L i A m N e N D W S R Nowitna FED Kingman Reef NWR ERA Alas Innoko TED ka M NWR NWR Tanana River A STA Palmyra Atoll NWR aritim TES e NW D O R F M A ICR A River ON laska N ES Ma IA ritime A NWR C Yukon KIRITMATI Innoko (KIRIBATI) NWR Howland Island NWR R Tetlin NW Baker Island NWR Jarvis Island NWR NAURU Copper River River A la s River k a Kuskokwim M Yukon Delta NWR Susitna a r it I N E A im E W G U e A N N A P U W P T U R V A L U Kenai S O NWR L O M O TOKELAU Lake N (NEW ZEALAND) Alaska Maritime NWR I Clark S L R A COOK ISLANDS W N D (NEW ZEALAND) N A S e Togiak im Juneau U it Alaska Maritime NWR r S NWR a T WALLIS Iliamna M R a R AMERICAN Lake k W A (FRANCE) s N SAMOA SAMOA a e L FUTUNA l im TU Rose Atoll NWR A rit I UA a A N (FRANCE) M VA ska Ala O F A L A S K A G U L F Alas Becharof NWR ka Mar itime N A WR l B as E Kodiak NWR ka M R a I Alaska Peninsula NWR ri N ALASKA tim G e S N E A SCALE 1:7,500,000 W R A la sk P a M a ri Alaska A tim e Peninsula C NW NWR I R F Detail I C Izembek NWR Crosby WMD Des Lacs NWR Rabb Lake O WR Lake of the Woods C e N Willow Lake School Section Lake im Medicine Lake NWR t Lostwood R E A ari Lords Lake Rock Lake R M Lostwood WMD n N ska NWR J Clark Salyer Brumba e a iy Ala Northeast Lake Zahl J Clark Salyer WMD Snyder Lake d NWR Montana Upper Souris Agassiz NWR WMD Shell Lake NWR NWR Pleasant Lake Lake Alice 29 Upper North Dakota WMA Silver Lake Ardoch Buffalo Lake Devils Lake WMD Red Lake rt Peck Hiddenwood Wintering River Sullys Hill Rose Lake NGP Lambs Lake Kellys Slough McLean Lake Otis Cottonwood Lake ke Camp Lake Wood Lake Stump Lake Little Goose Lower Lake River Red Lake Audubon Lake Nettie Sheyenne Lake Johnson Lake Sakakawea Audubon WM Rydell NWR Lake Ilo NWR D Sibley Lake Lost Lake Florence Lake Canfield Lake Hutchinson Lake Arrowwood Lamesteer NWR ND Chase Lake Prairie Project WMD Arrowwood WMD Tamarac Chase Lake Tomahawk Hamden Slough L 94 NWR Flattery Rocks NWR Bismarck Slade Hobart Lake Valley City WMD NWR Half-Way Lake Detroit Lakes Dungeness NWR San Juan Islands NWR White Lake NWR Long Lake WMD Tamarac WMD Stewart Lake NWR Lake Patricia NWR Long Lake Lake George Stoney Slough NWR WMD Quillayute Bone Hill NWR Needles NWR Appert Lake NWR Protection5 Island NWR Sunburst Lake Kulm WMD Storm Lake NWR Copalis NWR er Pretty Rock NWR Springwater Fergus Falls WMD MINNESO iv Maple River NWR Tewaukon R C Wild Rice Lake NWR Crane Meadows A M a Kootenai NWR A WMD Grays Harbor NWR i Little Pend N A D R b Dakota Lake NWR NWR iver ohn m Oreille NWR Lake Dakota Tallgrass u Koocanusa l Tewaukon Olympia Creedman Coulee NWR Prairie NWR St J Sand Lake NWR NWR Willapa NWR Co Pend OreilleLake Lost Trail NWR Lake Thibadeau NW Nisqually NWR 90 Sand Lake WMD Morris WMD 94 Aroostook NWR Ma R Lewis and Clark NWR W Turnbull NWR Hungry Horse rias Milk 29 Tll PiiNW ASHINGTON Flathead Reservoir Black Coulee NWR N h Oregon Islands NWR Julia Butler Hansen NWR Swan River NWR River Crosby WMD Des Lacs NWR Rabb Lake Lake of the Woods Lake R Hewitt Lake NWR iver Medicine Lake NWR Willow Lake School Section Lake Lostwood Red Nine-Pipe NW 15 Bow Lords Lake Rock Lake R Cape Meares NWR Northwest Montana Pablo NWR doin W NWR Lostwood WMD Brumba a n Three Arch Rocks NWR Ridgefield NWR Toppenish NWR Columbia NWR MD Bowdoin NWR J C J Clark Salyer i y Ri Saddle Mountain NWR R Su Northeast Lake Zahl lark Salyer WMD Snyder Lake ver n Montana Upper Souris NWR Riv 95 Nestucca Bay NWR 82 90 National Bison Range er Benton Lake NWMissouri UL Bend Agassiz NWR Steigerwald Conboy WMD River WMD Shell Lake NWR NWR Lake Alice Oregon Islands NWR Pierce NWR S Benton Lake WMDR NW Pleasant Lake 29 Upper Lake NWR Lake NWR na R North Dakota WM Silver Lake Ardoch McNary NWR ke A Buffalo Lake Devils Lake WMD Red Lake er 84 Sullys Hill Moosehead Siletz Bay NWR Tualatiniv River NWRFranz Lake NWR Fort Peck Hiddenwood Wintering River Rose Lake R lumbia River NGP Lambs Lake Kellys Slough L Lake CUmatillao NWR Blackfoot Valley MONTANANW Lake McLean Lake Otis Cottonwood Lake Lower a k e Moosehorn Baskett Slough NWR Charles M Russell Charles M Russell NW Lake Camp Lake Wood Lake Stump Lake Little Goose S Cold Springs NWR River Red Lake u NWR Lee Metcalf NW Audubon Lake Nettie Sheyenne Lake Johnson Lake p e MAINE e R R Sakakawea r t WMD Audubon WMD Rydell NWR i Cross Island NWR t Salem River War Horse NW Sibley Lake o e McKay Creek NWR R Helena Lake Ilo NWR r m Ankeny NWR R Carlton Pond WPA Oregon Williama L Finley NWR Lost Lake Florence Lake l Sunkhaze Meadows NWR Petit Manan NWR l Canfield Lake Hutchinson Lake Arrowwood Islands i 90 Lake Mason NW ND Chase Arroww Huron NWR W R Lamesteer NWR Lake Prairie Project WMD ood WMD Tamarac NWR Chase Lake Tomahawk Hamden Slough Leech Lake Umbagog 5 94 Hobart Lake Valley City WM NWR NWR Lake Missisquoi Silvio O Conte NWR Bismarck Slade D NWR Augusta ver Hailstone NW Half-Way Lake Detroit Lakes NFWR i River e White Lake NWR Long Lake WMD Lake George Tamarac WMD Rice Lake Seney NWR Lake R R n Long Lake Stoney Slough NWR WMD Seal Island NWR sto 94 Lake Patricia NW NWR 75 ver Bandon Marsh NWR Halfbreed Lake NW llow Stewart Lake NWR Champlain i n Ye R Appert Lake NWR Bone Hill NWR 35 Silvio O R o Whittlesey Creek R s R Sunburst Lake NWR M Harbor Island NWR Conte NW di Kulm WMD M VT a Pretty Rock NW Springwater Storm Lake NWR Fergus Falls WMD MINNESOTA 93 R River R en I L Franklin Island NWR M Maple River NWR Tewaukon i o Michigan Islands NWR Wild Rice Lake NWR Crane Meadows x v m C a Pond Island NWR W M i e Montpelier Dakota Lake NWR MD Mille Lacs NWR o r i t Deer Flat NWR NWR r n k St Lawrence WMD Dakota Tallgrass C H u i t e 89 e c NEW Oregon Tewaukon s S e OREGON Red Rock Sand Lake NWR Prairie NWR i NWR s I t Islands i Sherburne R Lakes NWR 90 Sand Lake W Morris WMD 94 s G Michigan IslandsH 87 HAMPSHIRE 95 Deer Flat NWR MD s NWR Green Bay NWR NWR ec NWR NWR 29 n 84 Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR ip u John Hay NW Klamath Marsh NWR Waubay NWR pi Gravel Island NWR A n Yellowstone Big Stone WMD r o Rachel Carson Waubay WMD N o 81 Concord Castle Rock NWR Lake St Croix WMD C Great Bay 93NWR Parker River NWR Malheur NWR Deer Flat NWR Boise Lake Big Stone NWR Litchfield WMD n Silvio O Upper Klamath NWR Camas NWR M r R R Thacher Island NWR 15 St Paul n Kirtlands Warbler WMA o Dakota Tallgrass e Bear Valley NWR Oahe in i apack NW n r Contev NFWW Jackson e Minnesota Valley a a 91 R Prairie WMA Minnesotaso Valley NWR WISCONSIN n t NW Great Meadows NWR t O Ri Lake a g Oxbow Boston Hart Mountain IDAHO WMD r 75 k e Lower Klamath NW Bear Butte NW 43 e a R i Silvio O National Antelope Refuge Riv 94 iv L R Tule Lake NWR Pierre R 90 Assabet NWR e h 25 Huron WMD r Rive Massasoit NWR R National Elk Necedah NWR Iroquois NWR 88 Albany Conte NFW American Falls Upper Mississippi River NWR c Clear Lake NWR Grays Lake NWR Refuge Trempealeaur 90 MA Monomoy NWR i NEW YORKr Providence Resevoir SOUTH DAKOTA NWR Montezuma NWR ive Minidoka NWR R n Silvio O Modoc NWR S 90 Madison WMD Lake n R Mashpee Nantucket NWR na M o ke Winnebago ego Shiawassee NWR Hartford 95 Humboldt Bay NWR Windom WMD 35 k s Conte NFW RI Sachuest Point R Fox River NWR d ive 86 Upper Mississippi River Horicon NWR us Sheldon NWR r WYOMING Lake 90 M u Trustom Pond Wildlife and Fish Refuge Leopold WMD e 69 CT John H Chafee H Nomans Land Francis Case Shawangunk 91 Ninigret Oxford Slough WPA k 94 Grasslands Island 75 86 NWR Lacreek W a 96 84 Nor MD Union Slough NWR Stewart B Block Island N Bear Lake NWR th Lacreek NWR Lake Andes WMD Iowa WMD Michigan WMD Amagansett Lake Andes NWR L McKinney Driftless Area NWR Madison Lansing i e River Pathfinder NWR Karl E Mundt NWR r y Conscience Point 84 Cokeville Meadows Fort Niobrara NWR 43 n Elizabeth A Morton 94 E e a Target Rock NWR Pathfinder h nn Great a 94 g aWallkill River NWR Reservoir rar River Detroit River e le h 80 Oyster Bay Wertheim Salt Lake ob l e Seatuck Seminoe i k 90 Erie NWR A u A Seedskadee NWR Reservoir P N Valentine NWR a q Sacram Sacramento River NWR Bear River latte Upper Mississippi River International NWR us Pyramid Migratory Bird Refuge M D L 79 S ento NW John W and Louise Seier NWR e Wildlife and Fish Refuge Great Swamp Lake i s 90 NEW s West Sister Island NWR Delevan NWR Anaho Island 80 North Platte NWR M 80 R s 90 80 Willow Creek-Lurline NWR NWR ou o IOWA Ottawa NWR 81 JERSEY Colusa NWR i Cedar Point NWR Crescent Lake NW n E North Central Valley WMA Butte Sink WMA 80 NEVADA 80 R r e Trenton Fallon NWR Salt Lake City Bamforth NWR i s 88 76 PENNSYLVANIA Sutter NWR Ruby Lake NWR Mortenson Lake NWR River 76 5 Neal Smith NWR Ohio River Islands Harrisburg Cheyenne Desoto NWR 80 71 Lake Stillwater NWR Browns Park NWR Hutton Lake NWR Lake NEBRASKA 80 55 75 NWR 83 San Pablo Bay NWR Carson City Utah McConaughy Boyer Chute NWR Des Moines John Heinz NWR Edwin B Forsythe Tahoe 74 Lake r 25 ver r NWR C ve Ri 80 Port Louisa NWR e Chautauqua NWR 77
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