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Explore Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in central Alaska, United States. One of 16 refuges in Alaska, it was established in 1980 when Congress passed The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). At 1,640,000 acres (6,600 km2), Kanuti Refuge is about the size of the state of Delaware. Sitting atop the Arctic Circle, the refuge is... -
Birding at Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge is located mostly in the southern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small extension into northern Nebraska, and includes 1,085 acres (4.39 km2). Though the refuge is closed to the public, bird watching is available from the Ft. Randall Dam and a kiosk there provides information for the best times and locations for vi... -
Explore Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is a 1.92 million acre wildlife preserve located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. The refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. There is a wide variety of terrain in the refuge, including muskeg and other wetlands, alp... -
Birding at Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Monroe County, Florida, between Key West, Florida and the Dry Tortugas . Only 2,019 acres of land are above sea level, on several keys within the refuge. These keys are unpopulated and are also designated as Wilderness within the Florida Keys Wilderness. The refuge was establis... -
Birding at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the rugged northwest coast of the island of Kauai in Hawaii. This spot has one of Hawaii's largest gatherings of nesting seabirds. The refuge was established in 1985 to preserve and enhance seabird nesting colonies after the property was transferred from the United States Coast Guard. In 1988, the... -
Explore Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in the Kodiak Archipelago in southwestern Alaska, United States. The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge includes the southwestern two-thirds of Kodiak Island, Uganik Island, the Red Peaks area of Afognak Island and all of Ban Island in the archipelago. It encompasses 1,990,418 acres. The refu... -
Explore Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is located northeast of Yuma, Arizona, southeast of Quartzsite, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. The refuge was established in 1939 to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep, encompasses over 665,400 acres (2,693 km2) of the Yuma Desert region of the Sonoran Desert. Broad, gently sloping foothills as well as the sharp, needlepoint pe... -
Birding at Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, Idaho
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho is known for the magnificent tundra swans winter at this refuge. The refuge provides diverse habitats that consist primarily of wetlands with associated uplands, and hardwood/conifer forests. Although the purpose of the refuge is to provide migration habitat for thousands of waterfowl, more than 300 species of vertebrates, in... -
Birding at Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
The 3,500,000-acre Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge lies within the floodplain of the Koyukuk River, in a basin that extends from the Yukon River to the Purcell Mountains and the foothills of the Brooks Range. This region of wetlands is home to fish, waterfowl, beaver and moose, and wooded lowlands where bears, wolves, lynx and marten prowl. The 750,000-acre (3,000 km... -
Birding at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. It is the southernmost waterfowl refuge in the United States. It also provides habitat for 10 federally endangered or threatened species and has the most bird species documented (411 species) of any national wildlife refuge. The land... -
Explore Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (renamed in January 2017 from Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge) is a National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Missouri, United States, established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The refuge comprises 7,350 acres (30 km2) along the eastern edge o... -
Birding at Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, located in south-central North Dakota, was established in 1932 as a migratory bird refuge by President Herbert Hoover. The Refuge was listed as a top 10 birding site by Wildbird Magazine. The shallow depths and lengths of meandering shoreline provide vast expanses of habitat that attract migrating and nesting species of waterfowl, s... -
Birding at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, California and Oregon
The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in the Klamath Basin along a portion of the northern California and southern Oregon border near Klamath Falls, Oregon. Significant species include: American bald eagle, Golden eagle, American white pelican, White-faced ibis Snow geese, Ross’ geese, white-frontedgeese, Canada geese, Peregrine falcon, Pin... -
Birding at Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 90,788-acre (367.41 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Texas along the international border between the United States and Mexico. Only 5% of the native landscape remains on the lower Rio Grande and its nearby reaches, yet the diversity within these fragments adds up to an astonishing 1,200 types ... -
Birding at Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern Dixie and northwestern Levy counties on the western coast of Florida, approximately fifty miles southwest of the city of Gainesville. Numerous birds, including the striking Swallow-tailed Kite, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Prothonotary Warbler, and dozens of species of shorebirds use the refuge seasonally t...
