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Reserve Designation Dates, Acreage and Biogeographic Regions
| Reserve |
Year
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Acres
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Sq. Mi
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Sq. Km
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Region
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| South Slough, OR |
1974
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4,779
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7.0
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18.2
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Columbian (7)
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| Sapelo Island, GA |
1976
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6,110
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9.5
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24.7
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Carolinian (7)
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| Rookery Bay, FL |
1978
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110,000
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171.9
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445.2
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West Indian (10)
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| Apalachicola Bay, FL |
1979
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246,000
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385.6
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998.6
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Louisianian (11)
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| Elkhorn Slough, CA |
1979
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1,400
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2.2
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5.6
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Californian (15)
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| Padilla Bay, WA |
1980
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11,000
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16.7
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43.3
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Columbian (19)
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| Naragansett Bay, RI |
1980
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4,259
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6.7
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17.2
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Virginian (3)
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| Old Woman Creek, OH |
1980
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571
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0.9
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2.3
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Great Lakes (21)
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| Jobos Bay, PR |
1981
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2,883
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4.4
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11.3
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West Indian (9)
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| Tijuana River, CA |
1982
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2,513
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3.9
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10.2
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Californian (14)
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Hudson River, NY
(4 components) |
1982
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4,838
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7.6
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19.6
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Virginian (3)
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North Carolina
(4 components) |
1985,
1991
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10,000
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15.6
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40.5
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Carolinian (6)
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| Wells, ME |
1986
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2,250
|
2.5
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6.5
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Acadian (2)
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Chesapeake Bay, MD
(3 components) |
1985,
1990
|
4,820
|
7.5
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19.5
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Virginian (5)
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| Weeks Bay, AL |
1986
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6,525
|
13.3
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34.6
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Louisianian (11)
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| Waquoit Bay, MA |
1988
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2780
|
3.5
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9.1
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Virginian (3)
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| Great Bay, NH |
1989
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10,235
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8.3
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21.4
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Acadian (2)
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Chesapeake Bay, VA
(4 components) |
1991
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4,435
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6.9
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17.9
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Virginian (5)
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| Ace Basin, SC |
1992
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134,710
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213.4
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552.8
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Carolinian (7)
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| N. Inlet Winyah Bay, SC |
1992
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12,327
|
19.3
|
49.9
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Carolinian (7)
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| Delaware |
1993
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4,930
|
7.7
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20.0
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Virginian (4)
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| Jacques Cousteau, NJ |
1998
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114,665
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178.1
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461.3
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Virginian (4)
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| Kachemak Bay, AK |
1999
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365,000
|
570.3
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1477.1
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Fjord (25)
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| Grand Bay, MS |
1999
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18,400
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28.1
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72.8
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Louisianian (12)
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| GTM, FL |
1999
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55,000
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85.9
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222.6
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Carolinian (8)
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| San Francisco Bay, CA |
2003
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3,710
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5.8
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15.0
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Californian (16)
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| Mission-Aransas, TX |
2006
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185,708
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290.2
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751.5
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Louisianian (13)
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Acreages are based on current, federally approved management plans.
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