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Get Outdoors and Celebrate Nature During National Wildlife Refuge Week

A small brown bat with what looks like white powder on its nose. The white is in fact a fungus.

Wildlife Wonders

Do "bat” an eye. These critters need our help!

National award comes home to the midwest

Land Management

Prescribed Burns Planned at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

A person smiling and wearing brown wings while standing behind a blue table full of trinkets and educational materials.

Employee Profile: Isis Rivera Lopez – Environmental Education Enthusiast

Citizen scientists on Guam discuss plant features to help with identification

Si Yu'os ma'ase, Guam!

An image of a wood duck pair sitting on a log beside a turtle.

Wildlife Wonders

We’re Not Wood Ducking Around: A Survival Story

Habitat Restoration

Shoring up beaches for horseshoe crabs and birds

Six Amazing Places for Fall Birding

A close up of a fuzzy gray bee with large speckled eyes

Pioneering non-lethal native bee surveys in California

Science and Technology

Virtual panel: Exploring the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

Cerulean blue water stretches between sloped mountains beneath a partly cloudy sky.

History and Culture

Quluryaq: Terror Bay and Uganik East Passage

Endangered Species Act

Marking 50 years of conservation successes in Michigan

Land Management

Additional Public Comment Opportunities on Proposed Missouri Headwaters Conservation Area

Land Management

New National Wildlife Refuges in Wyoming and Tennessee

Wetland trees emerging from a flooded swamp

Land Management

Seeking Public Comment at Little River

Celebrate Nature Nearby During National Wildlife Refuge Week

Two men hold up documents for the camera

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Celebrate Co-stewardship

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Public Scoping Period on Proposed Missouri Headwaters Conservation Area 

Wildlife Management

Interior Department Announces More Than $50.6 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges

a pink octopus sitting on the sea floor.

Land Management

Biden-Harris administration proposes management plan, environmental assessment for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

ducks flying

Land Management

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex announces availability of Comprehensive Conservation Plan and draft Environmental Assessment

Boundary expansion approved for Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge

Fall waterfowl hunt at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge temporarily reduced

Curved cement infrastructure with green trees and a lake in distance

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge invests in major upgrade for public safety

male redhead duck with wings spread

Damaged Water Pump Temporarily Affecting Waterfowl Hunt

Wildlife Management

Citizen Scientists Key to Successful Data Collection at National Wildlife Refuge

Science and Technology

Exploring the Atlantic’s only marine monument

Common yellowthroat perched on a shrub.

Music, Wildlife, and Nature Create New Experiences for Visitors

Expansion of Powell Creek Nature Trail at James River National Wildlife Refuge

Matt shows the Mikania, invasive vine at the Guam National Wildlife Refuge

Getting back into conservation

Better visitor services for Illinois refuge

Land Management

60 Years of Wilderness!

A brown bison grazes in the foreground with Denver and the Rocky Mountains rising in the background

2024 Winners, National Wildlife Refuge Association Awards

Wildlife Conservation

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