This category brings together articles about wildlife refuges (zakazniks) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — specially protected natural areas created to preserve wild animals, birds, and valuable natural complexes. The refuges are located in different parts of the region: in the trans-Volga forests, on watersheds, and in agricultural districts south of Nizhny Novgorod. Among the sites covered are the Kovernino Refuge in the north of the region, the Mikhailovsky Nature Reserve in Vorotynsky District, and the Dalnekonstantinovsky Refuge, organized to protect game near Surovatikha.