Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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| Location | Coos County, Oregon |
| Nearest city | Bandon, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43°7′8″N 124°24′43″W / 43.11889°N 124.41194°WCoordinates: 43°7′8″N 124°24′43″W / 43.11889°N 124.41194°W |
| Area | 864 acres (350 ha) |
| Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Bandon Marsh NWR |
Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on Oregon's coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is renowned among bird watchers for being able to view rare shorebirds including ruff, Hudsonian godwit, and Mongolian plover. The refuge was last expanded in 1999, it now has 889 acres (3.60 km2) in two units: Bandon Marsh and Ni-les'tun.
Bandon Marsh is popular for hunting, fishing, clamming, birding and photography. The wildlife refuge protects the largest tidal salt marsh in the Coquille River estuary. The mudflats are rich in clam, crab, worm, and shrimp and attracts migrating shorebirds, waterfowl, coho salmon, as well as the California brown pelican. More common shorebird species include western and least sandpiper, semipalmated plover, black-bellied plover, Pacific golden plover, red phalarope, whimbrel, dunlin.
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