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Here you can find news and stories related to the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Migratory Species

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

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

Dark silhouettes of trees and their branches stand out in front of the sun shining in the background. These silhouettes are further emphasized when they are seen reflected in flooded water below them with added texture from the ripples in the water.

Wildlife Wonders

The March Equinox

Rachel Carson sitting on mountain cliff

Rachel Carson: Would-be climate champion

Minnesota's prairie jewel

Habitat Restoration

Restoring the prairies for wildlife and people

Wildlife Wonders

Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the World Includes Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

Wildlife Management

Interior Department Establishes Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area

Land Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Input on Proposed National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Maryland

Science and Technology

Caribou Food for Thought

Wild Angles - News from the National Wildlife Refuge System

Secretary Salazar Announces Contract Award to Construct Wetland Levees at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Secretary Salazar Announces Contract Award to Construct Accessible Trail at Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Klamath Marsh NWR Available for Public Review

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plans Released for Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa and Sutter National Wildlife Refuges

Secretary Salazar Announces $1.2 Million Contract Award for Renovation (Phase 2) of Administrative Headquarters at San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Service Awards Contract for Design and Engineering Services for New Administrative Headquarters and Visitor Contact Station at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report on Proposed Cullinan Ranch Restoration Project

Input Sought on Public Use Activities Planned for Cullinan Ranch Unit of San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Two California Projects Approved for Grants to Benefit Migratory Birds

Service Releases Record of Decision on South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR

Draft Farallon National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Public Review and Comment

Migratory Species

To Feed or Not to Feed Wild Birds

Grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony with officials from USFWS, Box Elder County, Box Elder County Tourism and Friends of the Bear River Refuge. Cutting ceremony in front of of the welcome sign with a mountain background

Grand Opening of the new additions on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Land Management

Klamath Basin Fire Management Zone

Try Nature. It's Good for You

Seeking Public Comment on Draft Environmental Assessment for Cyanobacteria Treatment in Lake Mattamuskeet

FL Gar Captured at A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR

Fishes of the A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR Canals

large tractor with an attachment on the back

Land Management

We’ve Got Chemistry

Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Endangered Species Act

Flight to Survive

Inside of a log public use cabin with table, woodstove, and bunks.

Kenai Recreation Fees

Long-abandoned, 'orphaned' wells find champion named BIL

From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle

Land Management

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – unique, worth every ounce of effort

A bird sits at then end of a branch.

Endangered Species Act

Black-capped Vireo Surveys Show Continued Recovery