List of Ramsar sites in the United States facts for kids

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). For a full list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.

List of Ramsar sites

Name	Location	Area	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	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
Lower Wisconsin Riverway	Wisconsin 43°09′N 90°21′W	68 sq mi	14 February 2020
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