List of Ramsar sites in the United States

This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The United States as of 2020, has 40 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,866,851 hectares (7,207.95 sq mi; 18,668.51 km2).[1][2][3] For a full list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.

List of Ramsar sites
Name[2] Location Area[2] Designated Description Image
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Nevada
36°25′N 116°20′W		 36.71 sq mi 18 December 1986
Bolinas Lagoon California
37°55′N 122°41′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		 314.19 sq mi 21 November 1989
Cache River-Cypress Creek Wetlands Illinois
37°13′N 89°8′W		 93.75 sq mi 1 November 1994
Caddo Lake Texas, Louisiana
32°45′N 94°8′W		 30.80 sq mi 23 October 1993
Catahoula Lake Louisiana
31°30′N 92°6′W		 46.9 sq mi 18 June 1991
Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex Maryland, Virginia
38°0′N 76°20′W		 170 sq mi 4 June 1987
Cheyenne Bottoms Kansas
38°29′N 98°40′W		 42.39 sq mi 19 October 1988
Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain Illinois
Wisconsin
42°25′02″N 87°48′42″W		 6.12 sq mi 2015 Bi-state, lake-coast lands, including Chiwaukee Prairie and Illinois Beach State Park
Congaree National Park South Carolina
33°47′22″N 80°45′34″W		 40.69 sq mi 2 February 2012
Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex Connecticut
41°15′N 72°18′W		 25.03 sq mi 14 October 1994
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Florida
26°24′N 81°31′W		 20.31 sq mi 23 March 2009
Delaware Bay Estuary Delaware, New Jersey
39°11′N 75°14′W		 197.89 sq mi 20 May 1992
Door Peninsula Coastal Wetlands[4] Wisconsin
45°13′20″N 85°00′00″W		 17.880 sq mi 6 October 2014
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge New Jersey
39°36′N 74°17′W		 50.5 sq mi 18 December 1986
Elkhorn Slough California
36.8259°N 121.7569°W / 36.8259; -121.7569 (Elkhorn Slough)		 2.80 sq mi 25 June 2018
Everglades National Park Florida
25°33′N 80°55′W		 2,357.14 sq mi 4 June 1987
Francis Beidler Forest South Carolina
33°15′N 80°22′W		 24.86 sq mi 30 May 2008
Grassland Ecological Area California
37°10′N 120°50′W		 250 sq mi 2 February 2005
Horicon Marsh Wisconsin
43°30′N 88°38′W		 49.85 sq mi 4 December 1990
Humbug Marsh Michigan
42°6′N 83°11′W		 0.73 sq mi 20 January 2010
Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge Alaska
55°45′N 162°41′W		 650.32 sq mi 18 December 1986
Kakagon and Bad River Sloughs Wisconsin
46°39′N 90°41′W		 16.81 sq mi 2 February 2012
Kawainui and Hamakua Marsh Complex Hawaii
21°24′N 157°45′W		 1.60 sq mi 2 February 2005
Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Complex California
38°24′N 122°47′W		 6.08 sq mi 16 April 2010
Niagara River Corridor New York
43°5′N 79°4′W		 20.261 sq mi 3 October 2019
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Georgia, Florida
30°48′N 82°20′W		 627.94 sq mi 18 December 1986
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Line Islands
5°52′N 162°6′W		 788.14 sq mi 1 April 2011
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Florida
27°48′N 80°25′W		 7.37 sq mi 14 March 1993
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Kansas
38°5′N 98°29′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		 3.54 sq mi 7 September 2010
San Francisco Bay and Estuary California
37°52′N 122°23′W		 612.79 sq mi 2 February 2013
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge South Dakota
45°45′N 98°15′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		 4.31 sq mi 2 February 2012
The Emiquon Complex Illinois
40°21′22″N 90°3′10″W		 22.12 sq mi 2 February 2012
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve California
32°33′N 117°7′W		 3.94 sq mi 2 February 2005
Tomales Bay California
38°9′N 123°23′W		 28.5 km2 (11.0 sq mi) 30 September 2002
Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois
43°3′N 91°10′W		 472.42 sq mi 5 January 2010
Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park Ohio
40°1′N 83°1′W		 0.081 sq mi 18 April 2008

See also

References
  1. "United States". Ramsar.org. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. "The Annotated Ramsar List: United States of America". Ramsar.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. "United States of America". Ramsar.org. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Door Peninsula Coastal Wetlands | Ramsar Sites Information Service". rsis.ramsar.org. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.