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Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

Eagle Lake · Colorado County County · Gulf Coast Prairie

Visit one of the largest protected remnants of coastal prairie in Texas and learn about recovery efforts for the critically endangered Attwater's prairie-chicken and its grassland ecosystem.

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Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge

Marble Falls · Burnet, Travis, and Williamson Counties County · Hill Country

Discover rugged Hill Country canyons, limestone hills, oak-juniper woodlands, springs, and habitat protected for the endangered golden-cheeked warbler, black-capped vireo, and diverse native wildlife.

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Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Umbarger · Randall County County · High Plains

Discover shortgrass prairie, riparian woodland, seasonal wetlands, canyon scenery, wildlife drives, trails, and important habitat for migratory birds and native High Plains wildlife southwest of Amarillo.

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Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

Sherman · Grayson County County · North Texas

Explore Lake Texoma shoreline, wetlands, grasslands, woodlands, wildlife drives, trails, and major wintering habitat for geese, ducks, shorebirds, and other North Texas wildlife.

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Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Alamo · Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy Counties County · South Texas

Discover a connected network of South Texas tracts protecting Rio Grande floodplain forest, Tamaulipan thornscrub, wetlands, resacas, and wildlife corridors used by rare birds, butterflies, ocelots, and other borderlands species.

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Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

Muleshoe · Bailey County County · High Plains

Experience High Plains grasslands, playa lakes, sandhills, wildlife drives, and one of the continent's notable winter concentrations of sandhill cranes at the oldest national wildlife refuge in Texas.

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Neches River National Wildlife Refuge

Jacksonville · Anderson and Cherokee Counties County · East Texas

Discover bottomland hardwood forest, upland pine-hardwood habitat, wetlands, marshes, river corridors, and an expanding trail network protected for migratory birds, diverse native wildlife, water quality, and floodplain conservation along the Neches River.

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San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

Brazoria · Brazoria County County · Gulf Coast

Discover Gulf beaches, salt marshes, freshwater wetlands, coastal prairie, bottomland forest, wildlife trails, fishing access, and habitat used by more than 320 bird species.

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San Marcos Springs at Spring Lake

San Marcos · Hays County County · Central Texas

A large aquifer-driven spring system forming Spring Lake and the headwaters of the San Marcos River, interpreted through public ecological tours and programs.

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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Alamo · Hidalgo County County · South Texas

Visit a celebrated Lower Rio Grande Valley birding destination where subtropical thorn forest, resacas, wetlands, and Rio Grande floodplain habitat support green jays, chachalacas, raptors, butterflies, and diverse borderlands wildlife.

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Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge

Liberty · Liberty County County · East Texas

Explore one of the largest remaining bottomland hardwood forests in the lower Trinity River basin, with oxbow lakes, sloughs, bayous, wetlands, trails, boat ramps, and rich habitat for migratory birds, alligators, deer, and other East Texas wildlife.

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Westcave Preserve

Round Mountain · Travis County County · Hill Country

A privately protected Hill Country canyon preserve with limestone formations, a grotto, waterfall habitat, upland trails, and guided conservation-focused visitor access.

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