Northwest

Alaska

1. 1. Arctic Slope, AK – Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)
   2. Kodiak Island, AK – Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

Washington

1. 1. The Enchantments of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA – Wenatchee National Forest and Snoqualmie National Forest (USFS)

Oregon

1. 1. Douglas Fir, OR – parts of Willamette National Forest and adjacent BLM land, including Mount Jefferson Wilderness area and Quartzville Creek Wild and Scenic River (douglasfirnationalmonument.org) (USFS)
   2. Mount Hood, OR – Mount Hood National Forest (USFS)
   3. Columbia River Gorge, OR – Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (USFS)
   4. Oregon Dunes, OR – Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (USFS)
   5. Owyhee Canyonlands, OR – located in southeastern Oregon (wildowyhee.org)

Idaho

1. 1. Bitterroot Mountain Range, ID-MT – Bitterroot National Forest, Clearwater National Forest, Lolo National Forest, and Nez Perce National Forest (USFS)
   2. River of No Return, ID – Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (USFS)
   3. Sawtooth, ID – Sawtooth National Recreation Area (USFS)

Montana

1. 1. Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, MT-WY – Gallatin National Forest, Custer National Forest, and Shoshone National Forest (USFS)
   2. Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT – Lolo National Forest, Flathead National Forest, Helena National Forest, and Lewis and Clark National Forest (USFS)
   3. Montana Northern Prairie, MT – located in eastern central Montana (also called Northern Great Plains)
   4. Rocky Mountain Front, MT – located in western central Montana, next to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area (savethefront.org)

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Mid-Pacific

California

1. 1. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, CA – Inyo National Forest (USFS)
   2. Bodie Hills, CA – adjacent to Bodie State Historic Park (Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership: bodiehills.org; Friends of the Inyo: friendsoftheinyo.org)
   3. Klamath Mountains (“Ancient Forest National Park”), CA-OR – proposed national park (ancientforestnationalpark.org) (USFS)
      • Smith River National Recreation Area
      • Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
      • Klamath National Forest
      • Shasta-Trinity National Forest
   4. Modoc Plateau, CA – Modoc National Forest (USFS) and adjacent to Lava Beds National Monument
   5. Range of Light/Sierra, CA – located between Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks (Unite the Parks: unitetheparks.org) (USFS)
   6. Santa Ana Mountains, CA – Cleveland National Forest (USFS)

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Rocky Mountains

Wyoming

1. 1. Red Desert, WY – ineligible to be designated as a national monument by the President of the United States, but it could be created by Congress
   2. Wind River Range, WY – ineligible to be designated as a national monument by the President of the United States, but it could be created by Congress (USFS)

Colorado

1. 1. Arapaho, CO – Arapaho National Recreation Area (USFS)
   2. Hidden Gems, CO – White River National Forest (facebook.com/hidden-gems-wilderness-campaign) (USFS)
   3. Maroon Bells-Snowmass, CO – Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness (USFS)
   4. Vermillion Basin, CO

Utah

1. 1. Greater Canyonlands, UT (suwa.org; utahpli.com Utah Public Lands Initiative)
   2. Pando “The Trembling Giant”, UT – quaking aspen grove at Fishlake National Forest (USFS)
   3. San Rafael Swell, UT
   4. Wasatch Mountains and Canyons, UT (saveourcanyons.org)

Nevada

1. 1. Avi Kwa Ame, NV – west of Spirit Mountain Wilderness and east of Mojave National Preserve (honorspiritmountain.org)
   2. Sheldon-Hart Mountain Pronghorn, NV-OR – currently Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge (OR), Sheldon National Antelope Refuge (NV), and Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (NV) (onda.org/hart-sheldon) (FWS)

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Southwest

Arizona

1. 1. Great Bend of the Gila, AZ – located southwest of Phoenix (savingplaces.org/places/greatbendofthegila)
   2. Greater Grand Canyon Heritage, AZ – adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park (grandcanyontrust.org)
   3. Sedona Verde Valley Red Rock, AZ (SVVRRNM.org) (USFS)

New Mexico

1. 1. Lesser Prairie Chicken Preserve, NM – located in southeastern New Mexico
   2. Otero Mesa, NM – located in south central New Mexico (oteromesa.org) (wildmesquite.org)

Texas

1. 1. Castner Range, TX – located north of El Paso – adjacent to Franklin Mountains State Park (texas.gov/fmsp), currently Castner Range Fort Bliss Military Reservation – assigned to be partially opened to the public (castnerrangenationalmonument.org)
   2. Piney Woods, TX

Oklahoma

1. 1. Salt Plains, OK – Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)
   2. Buffalo Roam, OK – Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

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Great Plains

South Dakota

1. 1. Mammoth Site, SD (private)

Nebraska

1. 1. Nebraska Sandhills, NE – Bessey Ranger District of Nebraska National Forest (USFS)
   2. Oglala, NE – Oglala National Grassland and Toadstool Geological Park (USFS)
   3. Pine Ridge, NE – Nebraska National Forest and Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (USFS)

Kansas

1. 1. Monument Rocks, KS (private)
   2. Rock City, KS (commercial)

Iowa

1. 1. Driftless Rivers, IA-WI-IL – Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

Missouri

1. 1. Great Confluence, MO-IL – Illinois River confluence with Mississippi River and along the Mississippi River to its confluence with the Missouri River

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Great Lakes

Michigan

1. 1. Nordhouse Dunes, MI – currently Manistee National Forest wilderness and recreation area (USFS)

Wisconsin

1. 1. Horicon Marsh, WI – Horicon National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

Minnesota

1. 1. Boundary Waters, MN – Superior National Forest (USFS)

Illinois

1. 1. Garden of the Gods, IL – Shawnee National Forest (USFS)
   2. Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, IL – Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (USFS)

Indiana

1. 1. Grand Kankakee, IN-IL

Ohio

1. 1. Wayne, OH – Wayne National Forest, including the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway (USFS)

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Northeast

Maine

1. 1. North Woods, ME – a greater Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

New Hampshire

1. 1. White Mountains, NH (USFS)

Vermont

1. 1. Green Mountains, VT – Moosalamoo National Recreation Area & White Rocks National Recreation Area (USFS)

Massachusetts

1. 1. Great Meadows, MA – Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

Rhode Island

1. 1. Battle of Rhode Island Site, RI (significant encroachment by development)

Connecticut

1. 1. Upper Housatonic Valley, CT – Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area

New York

1. 1. Erie Canal, NY
   2. Hudson River Valley, NY (Thomas Cole National Historic Site of the Hudson River School)

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Mid-Atlantic

Pennsylvania

1. 1. Allegheny, PA – Allegheny National Recreation Area (USFS)

New Jersey

1. 1. Pine Barrens, NJ – New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

Maryland

1. 1. Mason Dixon Line, MD-PA – Pen Mar Park area

Washington, DC

1. 1. Fredrick Douglas, DC
      • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
      • Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
      • Anacostia Park
      • Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

Virginia

1. 1. Great Dismal Swamp, VA – Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

West Virginia

1. 1. Birthplace of Rivers, WV – located in eastern West Virginia (BirthplaceofRivers.org)

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South Central

Kentucky

1. 1. Red River Gorge, KY – Red River Gorge Geological Area of Daniel Boone National Forest (USFS)

Tennessee

1. 1. The Lost Sea, TN (largest known underground lake in the U.S. – commercial)

Arkansas

1. 1. Ozark Mountains, AR – Ozark National Forest (USFS)

Louisiana

1. 1. Atchafalaya, LA – Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

Mississippi

1. 1. Mississippi Delta, MS – Music sites/Mississippi Blues Trail: U.S. Highway 61 “Blues Highway”, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, Delta Blues Museum, B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center

Alabama

1. 1. Dismals Canyon, AL (National Natural Landmark) (includes bioluminescence, six natural bridges, and two waterfalls – commercial)
   2. Talladega, AL – Talladega National Forest (USFS)
   3. Tuskegee, AL – Tuskegee National Forest (USFS)
   4. Mobile-Tensaw Delta, AL (National Natural Landmark)

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Southeast

North Carolina

1. 1. Alligator River, NC – Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

South Carolina

1. 1. Lowcountry, SC – Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor

Georgia

1. 1. Blackbeard Island, GA – Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)
   2. Springer Mountain, GA – Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area (USFS)
   3. Okefenokee Swamp, GA-FL – Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (FWS)

Florida

1. 1. Apalachicola, FL – Apalachicola National Forest (USFS)

Puerto Rico

U.S. Territory

1. 1. El Yunque, PR – El Yunque National Forest (USFS)
   2. Isla de Vieques-Bioluminescent Bay, PR