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Pond view at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge wilderness in Georgia. Credit: Sallie Gentry/USFWS

Wilderness! There Is Nothing Like It

August 26, 2020

There are conserved public lands and waters, and there is wilderness. Wilderness is a category unto itself. Wilderness is land and water designated by Congress for special protection under the Wilderness Act of 1964.
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Deputy Secretary of the Interior Kate MacGregor (from left), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith and Senator Shelley Moore Capito at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday. Credit: USFWS

Canaan Valley Refuge in West Virginia Sparkles in Behind-the-scenes Tour

August 21, 2020

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Kate MacGregor and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) for a behind-the-scenes tour of the new LEED-certified visitor center and headquarters facility at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Davis, West Virginia.
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Fishing at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho.

Service Announces Historic Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on Public Lands

August 18, 2020

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced today at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge the historic opening and expansion of over 850 hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 147 national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries. This rule is the single largest expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in history.
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Wilderness! There Is Nothing Like It

Canaan Valley Refuge in West Virginia Sparkles in Behind-the-scenes Tour

Service Announces Historic Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on Public Lands

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