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Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Map of the United States
LocationAlexander County, Johnson County, Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois, United States
Nearest cityCypress, Illinois
Coordinates37°21′54″N 89°01′03″W / 37.36500°N 89.01750°W / 37.36500; -89.01750
Area16,000 acres (65 km2)
Established1990
Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WebsiteCypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameCache River and Cypress Creek Wetlands
DesignatedNovember 1, 1994
Reference no.711[1]

The Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is an American wildlife refuge. It is located in the Cache River watershed in southernmost Illinois, largely in Pulaski County, but with extensions into Union, Alexander, and Johnson counties.[2] The refuge was established in 1990 under the authority of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986. The refuge protects over 16,000 acres (65 km2) of the Cache River wetlands, and has a purchase boundary (ultimate goal for area protection) of 36,000 acres (146 km²) contiguous.

  1. ^ "Cache River and Cypress Creek Wetlands". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Map U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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