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A paved trail is surrounded by a variety of green plants and trees on either side. It is partially cloudy with blue skys.

Public Viewpoint Opens April 2024 at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge

Land Management

For Peat's Sake

Bison and elk graze on a snow-patched field of grass

Update: National Elk Refuge Bison and Elk Management Plan

Migratory Species

Clicking for Rails

A National Wildlife Refuge sign with a blue goose stands before a field of low-growing plants with a large wetland beyond. In the distance sand dunes are on the horizon beneath a blue sky.

History and Culture

Un homenaje al legado latino del Valle de Salinas

A person with frost-covered hair peeking out of a hood. Their mouth is covered by a neck gaiter and they smile with their eyes.

My Life, Wildlife: Karin Bodony

A firefighter walks the edge of a controlled burn in a dry grassland with mountains in the background

Land Management

Prescribed Fire Planned at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Biologist Robin Corcoran in chest waders and cold weather clothing holding a surfbird with both hands while sitting near a rocky shoreline in Alaska .

My Life, Wildlife: Robin Corcoran

Kara Hilwig standing next to a single engine bush plane on a dirt airstrip.

My Life, Wildlife: Kara Hilwig

Maria Fosado smiles for a selfie on an ocean shore. Snow-covered mountains loom in the distance.

My Life, Wildlife: Maria Fosado

Biologist Heather Renner holds a puffin chick with both hands on the side of a steep slop with green vegetation and a hilltop in the background.

My Life, Wildlife: Heather Renner

Migratory Species

Where do birds go offshore? The answers may be blowing in the wind

Kid's Duck Conservation Day at McNary National Wildlife Refuge

Night Thrills on the Refuge

Seabirds Warn of Ocean Change

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Approves Acquisition of 9, 000 Acres of Wetlands for National Wildlife Refuge System

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southwest Region Names Jennifer Owen-White Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Manager

A New Biological Management Option against Cheatgrass Raises Hope of Western Land Managers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Analysis Does Not Support Proposed Land Exchange and Road Corridor Through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Partnerships Honored with Interior Department’s 2012 “Partners in Conservation” Awards

AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar, Ashe Announce More than $29 Million to Expand Refuge System, Conserve Wetlands

Service Announces New Hunting Opportunities On Refuges in Fourteen States

Service Proposes New Hunting Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges in Fourteen States

Home Values Higher near National Wildlife Refuges, New Study Finds

Endangered Species Act

Songs for Species

Bull elk walking across frozen land

Where are the Elk?

three whooping cranes

Land Management

Draft Land Protection Plans for Texas Coastal Refuges

Lantern Acres Game Land (NCWRC) Project Draft Compatibility Determination Available for Public Comment

Pale bluish-grey foliose lichen adorns the top and sides of a purplish-brown rock, it is accompanied by some moss in the upper corners.

Wildlife Wonders

Lichen: What the fungus is it?

manatees in pool with people

Endangered Species Act

A Herculean Task of Shakespearian Proportions

Ritidian to reopen to the public

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse feeding on grass

Endangered Species Act

Biobanking: a Wildlife Recovery Insurance Policy

Making Hiking More Accessible at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

Many rows of corrugated evidence boxes stacked on shelves

History and Culture

A Second Life for Indigenous Artifacts

a brown, wooden building on a grassy hill

History and Culture

Cat Point Creek Lodge transferred to the Rappahannock Tribe

Habitat Restoration

Apalachicola Comeback