- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
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The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (ORINWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in non-contiguous sites consisting of islands along 362 miles (583 km) of the Ohio River, primarily (85% of acreage)[1] in the U.S. state of West Virginia. There are also a couple of islands upstream in Beaver County, Pennsylvania and a couple downstream in Lewis County, Kentucky. [2] Going downstream, the refuge is currently located in parts of these counties: Beaver, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Jackson, Mason, and Lewis. All counties are in West Virginia, with the exceptions of Beaver, which is in Pennsylvania, and Lewis, which is in Kentucky. The ORINWR was established in 1990 and consists of 3,354 acres (13.57 km2) of land and underwater habitat on 22 islands and three mainland properties. Prior to its establishment, West Virginia was the only state of the United States without a NWR.[citation needed] (It now has two).
Islands
The following islands in the Ohio River are part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge. All are in West Virginia unless indicated otherwise.
- Broadback Island
- Buckley Island
- Buffington Island
- Captina Island
- Crab Island
- Eureka Island
- Fish Creek Island
- Gallipolis Island
- Georgetown Island (Pennsylvania)
- Grandview Island
- Grape Island
- Letart Island
- Lower Twin Island
- Manchester 1 Island (Kentucky)
- Manchester 2 Island (Kentucky) - partial ownership
- Middle Island
- Mill Creek Island
- Muskingum Island
- Neal Island - partial ownership
- Paden Island
- Phillis Island (Pennsylvania)
- Wells Island
- Wheeling Island - partial ownership
- Williamson Island
- Witten Towhead
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Protected Areas of Kentucky Federal Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park • Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Clarks River • Ohio River Islands • Reelfoot
State Barren River Lake • Benham-Lynch • Buckhorn Lake • Carter Caves • Cumberland Falls • General Butler • Grayson Lake • Green River Lake • Greenbo Lake • Jenny Wiley • Kenlake • Kentucky Dam Village • Lake Barkley • Lake Cumberland • Natural Bridge • Pennyrile Forest • Pine Mountain • Rough River DamBoone Station • Constitution Square • Dr. Thomas Walker • Isaac Shelby Cemetery • Jefferson Davis • Old Mulkey Meetinghouse • Perryville Battlefield • Waveland • White Hall • Wickliffe Mounds • William Whitley HouseBlue Licks Battlefield • Big Bone Lick • Carr Creek • Columbus-Belmont • Dale Hollow Lake • E. P. "Tom" Sawyer • Fishtrap Lake • Fort Boonesborough • General Burnside • John James Audubon • Kincaid Lake • Kingdom Come • Lake Malone • Levi Jackson Wilderness Road • Lincoln Homestead • Mineral Mound • My Old Kentucky Home • Nolin Lake • Old Fort Harrod • Paintsville Lake • Pine Mountain Trail • Taylorsville Lake • Yatesville LakeAxe Lake Swamp • Bad Branch Falls • Brigadoon • Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns• Beargrass Creek • Blackacre • Blue Licks • Jesse Stuart • JJ Audubon• Natural Bridge • Six Mile Island • Tom DormanOtherProtected Areas of Pennsylvania Federal Allegheny Portage Railroad • Edgar Allan Poe • Eisenhower • Friendship Hill • Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church • Grey Towers • Hopewell Furnace • Independence Hall • Steamtown • Valley ForgeAllegheny National Recreation Area • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area • Middle Delaware National Scenic River • Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational RiverNational Wildlife Refuges:State Allegheny Islands • Archbald Pothole • Bald Eagle • Beltzville • Bendigo • Benjamin Rush • Big Pocono • Big Spring • Black Moshannon • Blue Knob • Boyd Big Tree • Buchanan's Birthplace • Bucktail • Caledonia • Canoe Creek • Chapman • Cherry Springs • Clear Creek • Codorus • Colonel Denning • Colton Point • Cook Forest • Cowans Gap • Delaware Canal • Denton Hill • Elk • Erie Bluffs • Evansburg • Fort Washington • Fowlers Hollow • Frances Slocum • French Creek • Gifford Pinchot • Gouldsboro • Greenwood Furnace • Hickory Run • Hillman • Hills Creek • Hyner Run • Hyner View • Jacobsburg • Jennings • Joseph E. Ibberson • Kettle Creek • Keystone • Kings Gap • Kinzua Bridge • Kooser • Lackawanna • Laurel Hill • Laurel Mountain • Laurel Ridge • Laurel Summit • Lehigh Gorge • Leonard Harrison • Linn Run • Little Buffalo • Little Pine • Locust Lake • Lyman Run • Marsh Creek • Maurice K. Goddard • McCalls Dam • McConnells Mill • Memorial Lake • Milton • Mont Alto • Moraine • Mt. Pisgah • Nescopeck • Neshaminy • Nockamixon • Nolde Forest • Norristown Farm • Ohiopyle • Oil Creek • Ole Bull • Parker Dam • Patterson • Penn-Roosevelt • Pine Grove Furnace • Poe Paddy • Poe Valley • Point • Presque Isle • Prince Gallitzin • Promised Land • Prompton • Prouty Place • Pymatuning • R. B. Winter • Raccoon Creek • Ralph Stover • Ravensburg • Reeds Gap • Ricketts Glen • Ridley Creek • Ryerson Station • S. B. Elliott • Salt Springs • Samuel S. Lewis • Sand Bridge • Shawnee • Shikellamy • Sinnemahoning • Sizerville • Susquehanna • Susquehannock • Swatara • Tobyhanna • Trough Creek • Tuscarora • Tyler • Upper Pine Bottom • Varden • Warriors Path • Whipple Dam • White Clay Creek • Worlds End • Yellow Creek
State ForestsBald Eagle • Buchanan • Clear Creek • Cornplanter • Delaware • Elk • Forbes • Gallitzin • Lackawanna • Loyalsock • Michaux • Moshannon • Rothrock • Sproul • Susquehannock • Tiadaghton • Tioga • Tuscarora • Weiser • William Penn • (Wild areas)
Bear Run • French Creek • Lehigh River • LeTort Spring Run • Lick Run • Lower Brandywine • Octoraro Creek • Pine Creek • Schuylkill River • Stony Creek • Tucquan Creek • Tulpehocken Creek • Yellow Breeches Creek
Other OtherAnders Run Natural Area • Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary • Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area • Johnson Run Natural Area • Stone Valley Recreation Area • Wykoff Run Natural AreaHiking TrailsAppalachian • Baker • Black Forest • Central Mountains Shared Use Trails System • Darlington • Eastern Continental • Five Star • Glacier Ridge • Great Eastern • Greene River • Horse Shoe • Indian Creek Valley • Loyalsock • Mid State • Standing Stone • Mason-Dixon • North Country • Ohio River • Old Loggers Path • Pinchot Trail System • Potomac Heritage • Quehanna Trail System • Rachel Carson • Sheepskin • Susquehannock Trail System • Thunder Swamp Trail System • Tuscarora • Valley Forge Historical • West Rim • Wissahickon • Youghiogheny RiverAbandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike • Beaver River • East Coast Greenway • Five Star • Ghost Town • Great Allegheny Passage • Great Shamokin Path • Greene River • Indian Creek Valley • Lehigh Gorge • Liberty Bell • Lower • Montour • Ohio River • Palmer Bikeway • Panhandle • Perkiomen • Pine Creek • Plainfield Township • Schuylkill River • Sheepskin • Struble • Switchback • Three Rivers Heritage • York Country Heritage • Youghiogheny RiverCategories:- Wetlands of West Virginia
- National Wildlife Refuges in Kentucky
- National Wildlife Refuges in Pennsylvania
- National Wildlife Refuges in West Virginia
- Protected areas of West Virginia
- Protected areas established in 1990
- Protected areas of Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Protected areas of Wood County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Wetzel County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Tyler County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Pleasants County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Ohio County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Mason County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Marshall County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Jackson County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Lewis County, Kentucky
- Kentucky geography stubs
- Southern United States protected area stubs
- Pennsylvania geography stubs
- Northeastern United States protected area stubs
- West Virginia geography stubs
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