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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Austwell · Aransas and Refugio Counties County · Gulf Coast

Experience coastal prairie, live-oak woodlands, tidal marshes, bays, wildlife drives, trails, and observation areas at the principal wintering grounds of the endangered whooping crane.

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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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Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge

Wadsworth · Matagorda County County · Gulf Coast

Experience protected saline and intermediate marsh habitat supporting wintering waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, eastern black rails, alligators, and colonial nesting birds at Dressing Point Island.

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Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge

Freeport · Brazoria County County · Gulf Coast

Explore coastal prairie, salt marsh, freshwater wetlands, tidal flats, wildlife drives, trails, fishing areas, and exceptional year-round birding along the Central Flyway.

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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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Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Karnack · Harrison County County · East Texas

Explore East Texas bottomland hardwood forest, wetlands, bayous, historic structures, trails, paddling waters, and wildlife habitat adjoining the internationally significant Caddo Lake ecosystem.

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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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Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge

Anahuac · Chambers County County · Gulf Coast

Explore coastal marshes, freshwater wetlands, bayous, birding trails, wildlife drives, fishing access, and major migratory-bird habitat at the refuge formerly known as Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

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Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Los Fresnos · Cameron County County · South Texas

Explore one of South Texas's premier wildlife refuges, protecting coastal prairie, thornscrub, wetlands, tidal flats, and critical habitat for ocelots, aplomado falcons, waterfowl, and hundreds of bird species.

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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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Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge

Port O'Connor · Calhoun County County · Gulf Coast

Explore a remote barrier-island landscape of beaches, dunes, marshes, bays, historic lighthouse scenery, migratory-bird habitat, sea-turtle nesting areas, and undeveloped Gulf Coast wilderness.

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McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine Pass · Jefferson County County · Gulf Coast

Visit one of the Texas coast's largest remaining freshwater marsh landscapes for birding, wildlife watching, fishing, crabbing, waterfowl hunting, coastal scenery, and beach access.

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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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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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Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine Pass · Jefferson County County · Gulf Coast

Discover coastal marshes and chenier habitat near Sabine Pass, with opportunities for birding, fishing, hiking, wildlife observation, photography, and regulated waterfowl hunting.

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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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