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Landmark Kansas Deer Study on Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Visitors to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Kansas this spring are likely to spot deer sporting numbered ear tags and radio collars among the thousands of sandhill cranes, ducks, and other migratory birds that frequent the refuge’s marshes, grasslands and other habitats.....

Rat-Free Rat Island Is Goal
Rats on Rat Island—a rugged, uninhabited island that is part of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge—will soon have had it, and sea birds will have a chance to return home. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists are gearing up to eradicate the rodents from the island....

Stepping Outside: National Wildlife Refuge System Offers Opportunities to Combat “Nature Deficit Disorder”
Today’s kids have a world of on-demand entertainment at their finger tips. From YouTube to iPods, hundreds of television channels and virtual reality video games, it’s no wonder that childhood has become sedentary....