Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located on part of the former Loring Air Force Base, in Aroostook County, Maine. It was established in 1998, when 4,700 acres were transferred from the US Air Force to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is managed as part of the Northern Maine National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which also includes Moosehorn and Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuges, along with Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area.