National Wildlife Refuges in Arizona

Arizona has 9 national wildlife refuges, all run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge, and San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge. All are free to enter. Camping is allowed on 1: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. 6 allow hunting and 7 allow fishing.

Each refuge sets its own closures and fire rules. Each refuge's page lists the fire restriction orders and closures on record for it, from the refuge's own fws.gov alerts, re-checked every six hours. Hunting and fishing seasons and limits are the refuge regulation's and Nevada's: each page links them, and none are restated here.

Arizona national wildlife refuges map

  • National wildlife refuges (FWS)
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Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Mohave County Yes Not on record Not on record Yes Not on record
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Pima County Yes Not on record Yes Yes Yes
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Yuma County Part of the year Not on record No No Yes
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge La Paz County Yes Not on record Yes Yes Yes
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Mohave County Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge La Paz County Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Yuma County Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge Cochise County Yes Not on record Yes Yes Yes
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge Cochise County Part of the year Not on record No No Yes