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

Wildlife Wonders

Eagles Across America

Group photo of participants at a refuge planting event

Rediscover your nature at a national wildlife refuge

Bienvenido a la Semana Latina de la Conservación en Idaho: Welcome to Idaho Latino Conservation Week

11 Ways Wildlife Refuges Make Life Better

Great Drives on National Wildlife Refuges

Wildlife Wonders

Wildlife Wonders

Bird Festival Planner

Wildlife Wonders

A medium-size bird with black and white feathers and a long tail standing on a rock in a field

Visiting a National Park? Try a National Wildlife Refuge, Too

Land Management

Wildlife Corridors

Wildlife Wonders

How Best to Enjoy a Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Management

Refuges to the Rescue

Brown, black & white raccoon swimming across a canal

Habitat Restoration

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Water Management Plan

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

Wildlife Management

National Elk Refuge Seeks Public Input to Update Bison and Elk Management Plan

Portrait of a cougar (Puma concolor), courtesy of ucumari photography, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Cougar Visits Oregon's Famous Haystack Rock

A rendering of a dog and a green butte

Scoop the Poop Night

Waterway view at Bill Williams River Refuge

Land Management

Seeking Public Comment at Bill Williams River

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Changes to Existing Rights-of-Way on San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

The historic Miller House at National Elk Refuge in Wyoming, with mountains behind it..

Miller House Returning to its Roots as Refuge Housing

The colorful back of an Arctic grayling is held just out of clear waters by a gloved hand

Land Management

Red Rock Lakes NWR Releases Final EA for Arctic Grayling Overwintering Habitat

Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge Releases Final 2023 Hunting Plan

a view of sunset from the top of a ridge across an arid landscape

Draft Compatibility Determination at Sevilleta Available

Two large white birds with spindly legs and black tips on their wings coming in for a landing in a wetland

Endangered Species Act

2023 Wintering Whooping Crane Count

National Elk Refuge Seeks Input for Public Meeting Locations

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

Purchase a Hunting License

Wildlife Conservation

Watercraft inspector physically inspecting two kayaks on top of truck roof rack for aquatic invasive species.

Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska

black brant flying in front of a grassy hill

Migratory Species

Pacific black brant migration and what they can teach us