The following sites have been nominated for the Northwest region.  Click on the name or star on the map to see details of the area. (Unlinked sites were nominated but did not meet criteria.)

indicates officially recognized Iowa IBAs.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a photo is needed.

 

Site Name	Primary County
*Buena Vista County Park/Glacial Hills grassland	Buena Vista
*Storm Lake	Buena Vista
*Wonders of Nature, Bird Sanctuary & Little Sioux river	Buena Vista
*South Twin Lake	Calhoun
Lake Creek Area	Calhoun
Martin County Access/Little Sioux River corridor/Steele Prairie	Cherokee
Not yet named	Cherokee
Wanata State Park	Clay
Dan Green Slough/Kirchner Prairie	Clay
Fen Valley	Clay
*Little Sioux Wildlife Area	Clay
Kindlespire Access/Burr Area	Clay
Bertram Reservation	Clay
*Hawk Valley	Clay
Silver Lake Access and Fen/Trappers Bay State Park	Dickinson
Dugout Creek WPA	Dickinson
Jemmerson Slough/Center Lake WPA/Welch Lake WPA	Dickinson
Christopherson Slough/Little Swan Lake	Dickinson
*Cayler Prairie State Preserve	Dickinson
Spring Run Wildlife Area	Dickinson
Spirit Lake/Kettleson Wildlife Area	Dickinson
Ingham, High, and Cunningham Lakes Wetland Complex	Emmet
Anderson Prairie State Preserve Complex	Emmet
Cheever Lake and Four Mile Lake/WPA	Emmet
Ft. Defiance State Park	Emmet
Tuttle Lake Wildlife Area/Okamanpedan State Park	Emmet
*Iowa Lake & Marsh/Goose Lake/State Line Marsh	Emmet
Twelve Mile Lake Wildlife Area	Emmet
*Bradgate Wildlife Area	Humboldt
Ottosen Marsh	Humboldt
Moorehead Park	Ida
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge	Kossuth
*Stinson Prairie State Preserve	Kossuth
*Gitchie Manitou SNA	Lyon
*Big Sioux River Wildlife Area/Nelson & Kroger Tracts	Lyon
Waterman Creek Area	O'Brien
Mill Creek State Park	O'Brien
Rush Lake - Osceola	Osceola
Elk Lake WPA/Virgin Lake Wildlife Area	Palo Alto
Silver Lake - Palo Alto	Palo Alto
Rush Lake - Palo Alto	Palo Alto
Ruthven Wildlife Area/Dewey's Pasture	Palo Alto
*Westfork Wildlife Area/Basswood Rec Area/Prairie Gold Wildlife Area	Palo Alto
Broken Kettle Grassland	Plymouth
*Dunham Prairie, Higman Wetland, Appley Wetland	Plymouth
E. C. Lippke Wetlands	Plymouth
*Five-Ridge Prairie	Plymouth
*Lizard Lake	Pocahontas
*Sunken Grove Wildlife/Shimon Marsh	Pocahontas
*Tomahawk Marsh/Black Hawk Lake and State Park	Sac
Nassau Wildlife Area	Sioux
Rock Wildlife Area/Rock River Access	Sioux
Oak Grove Park	Sioux
United States Gypsum Plant	Webster
Brushy Creek State Recreational Area/Dolliver Memorial State Park	Webster
Port Neal Fly Ash Ponds	Woodbury
*Owego Wetlands	Woodbury
Stone State Park	Woodbury
*Sioux City Prairie	Woodbury
*Snyder and Winnebago Bends	Woodbury
*Brown's Lake/Bigelow Park	Woodbury
*Floyd River Greenbelt	Woodbury
*Bacon Creek Park	Woodbury