National Wildlife Refuges in Alabama
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
There are 11 National Wildlife Refuges in Alabama (although Grand Bay NWR is shared with Mississippi and Eufaula NWR straddles the Georgia state line). Three of these properties are located along large water impoundments, two on the Gulf Coast, one on a former military base... and the Watercress Darter NWR is small (23 acres of woods and ponds), but large enough to provide a safe place for the endangered watercress darter in that place where the tiny fish was first discovered and the only place it has left to try to survive.
National Wildlife Refuges in Alabama
- Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
- Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
- Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge
- Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
- Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
- Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge
- Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
- Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge on the Tennessee River
Locations of the Alabama National Wildlife Refuges
Photo of Choccolocco Mountain courtesy of Bill Garland, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Other photos courtesy of US Fish & Wildlife Service
Other photos courtesy of US Fish & Wildlife Service