List of Ramsar sites in the United States
List of Ramsar sites

List of Ramsar sites in the United States

Section Title: List of Ramsar sites
Table Section Text: None

Name	Location	Area	Designated	Description	Image

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge	Nevada 36°25′N 116°20′W / 36.417°N 116.333°W	36.71 sq mi	18 December 1986	-

Bolinas Lagoon	California 37°55′N 122°41′W / 37.917°N 122.683°W	1.72 sq mi	1 September 1998	A tidal estuary located on the Pacific Flyway, the lagoon provides habitat for migratory birds as well as ducks, geese, and shorebirds.	-

Cache-Lower White Rivers	Arkansas 34°40′N 91°11′W / 34.667°N 91.183°W	314.19 sq mi	21 November 1989

Cache River-Cypress Creek Wetlands	Illinois 37°13′N 89°8′W / 37.217°N 89.133°W	93.75 sq mi	1 November 1994

Caddo Lake	Texas, Louisiana 32°45′N 94°8′W / 32.750°N 94.133°W	30.80 sq mi	23 October 1993	-

Catahoula Lake	Louisiana 31°30′N 92°6′W / 31.500°N 92.100°W	46.9 sq mi	18 June 1991

Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex	Maryland, Virginia 38°0′N 76°20′W / 38.000°N 76.333°W	170 sq mi	4 June 1987	Chesapeakelandsat.jpeg

Cheyenne Bottoms	Kansas 38°29′N 98°40′W / 38.483°N 98.667°W	42.39 sq mi	19 October 1988	-

Congaree National Park	South Carolina 33°47′22″N 80°45′34″W / 33.78944°N 80.75944°W	40.69 sq mi	2 February 2012	-

Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex	Connecticut 41°15′N 72°18′W / 41.250°N 72.300°W	25.03 sq mi	14 October 1994	-

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Florida 26°24′N 81°31′W / 26.400°N 81.517°W	20.31 sq mi	23 March 2009	-

Delaware Bay Estuary	Delaware, New Jersey 39°11′N 75°14′W / 39.183°N 75.233°W	197.89 sq mi	20 May 1992

Door Peninsula Coastal Wetlands	Wisconsin 45°13′20″N 85°00′00″W / 45.22222°N 85.00000°W	17.880 sq mi	6 October 2014

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge	New Jersey 39°36′N 74°17′W / 39.600°N 74.283°W	50.5 sq mi	18 December 1986

Elkhorn Slough	California 36°49′33″N 121°45′25″W / 36.8259°N 121.7569°W	2.80 sq mi	25 June 2018	-

Everglades National Park	Florida 25°33′N 80°55′W / 25.550°N 80.917°W	2,357.14 sq mi	4 June 1987	-

Francis Beidler Forest	South Carolina 33°15′N 80°22′W / 33.250°N 80.367°W	24.86 sq mi	30 May 2008	-

Grassland Ecological Area	California 37°10′N 120°50′W / 37.167°N 120.833°W	250 sq mi	2 February 2005

Horicon Marsh	Wisconsin 43°30′N 88°38′W / 43.500°N 88.633°W	49.85 sq mi	4 December 1990	-

Humbug Marsh	Michigan 42°6′N 83°11′W / 42.100°N 83.183°W	0.73 sq mi	20 January 2010

Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska 55°45′N 162°41′W / 55.750°N 162.683°W	650.32 sq mi	18 December 1986	-

Kakagon and Bad River Sloughs	Wisconsin 46°39′N 90°41′W / 46.650°N 90.683°W	16.81 sq mi	2 February 2012	-

Kawainui and Hamakua Marsh Complex	Hawaii 21°24′N 157°45′W / 21.400°N 157.750°W	1.60 sq mi	2 February 2005	-

Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Complex	California 38°24′N 122°47′W / 38.400°N 122.783°W	6.08 sq mi	16 April 2010	-

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge	Georgia, Florida 30°48′N 82°20′W / 30.800°N 82.333°W	627.94 sq mi	18 December 1986	Alligators au refuge national d'Okefenokee.JPG

Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge	Line Islands 5°52′N 162°6′W / 5.867°N 162.100°W	788.14 sq mi	1 April 2011

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge	Florida 27°48′N 80°25′W / 27.800°N 80.417°W	7.37 sq mi	14 March 1993	-

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge	Kansas 38°5′N 98°29′W / 38.083°N 98.483°W	34.59 sq mi	12 February 2002	The refuge has 34 wetlands and includes two shallow lakes, Big Salt Marsh and Little Salt Marsh. More than half of the refuge is Tallgrass and Shortgrass prairies.	-

Roswell Artesian Wetlands	New Mexico 33°27′N 104°23′W / 33.450°N 104.383°W	3.54 sq mi	7 September 2010	-

San Francisco Bay and Estuary	California 37°52′N 122°23′W / 37.867°N 122.383°W	612.79 sq mi	2 February 2013	-

Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge	South Dakota 45°45′N 98°15′W / 45.750°N 98.250°W	34 sq mi	3 August 1998	-

Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin and Hopper Lake	Illinois 41°13′20″N 89°20′17″W / 41.22222°N 89.33806°W	4.31 sq mi	2 February 2012

The Emiquon Complex	Illinois 40°21′22″N 90°3′10″W / 40.35611°N 90.05278°W	22.12 sq mi	2 February 2012	-

Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve	California 32°33′N 117°7′W / 32.550°N 117.117°W	3.94 sq mi	2 February 2005	-

Tomales Bay	California 38°9′N 123°23′W / 38.150°N 123.383°W	28.5 km2 (11.0 sq mi)	30 September 2002	Former North Pacific Coast Railroad grade adjacent to Tomales Bay.JPG

Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois 43°3′N 91°10′W / 43.050°N 91.167°W	472.42 sq mi	5 January 2010	-

Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park	Ohio 40°1′N 83°1′W / 40.017°N 83.017°W	0.081 sq mi	18 April 2008	OSUWetland1.JPG

Sentence(s)

Pelican Island NWR has been placed on the List of Ramsar areas in the United States.

final_sentence: Pelican Island NWR has been placed on the List of Ramsar areas in the United States.