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

Land Management

Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Draft Compatibility Determinations

red ohia lehua flower

Listening to the Hilo Rain: Impacts of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death on Lei Making and Other Cultural Practices in Hawaiʻi

Habitat Restoration

Prescribed Burning Planned at the National Elk Refuge

Land Management

Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex Releases Draft Compatibility Determination of Research and Surveys for Public Review

Family poses for tree planting at Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Volunteers, an Earth Day Celebration, and a Little Snow

Trash Cleanup Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Volunteers Spruce up the Swamp

Groundwork Hudson Valley Green Team Group Picture Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

Spring Break Stewardship

Photo of blue-purple Wild Lupine flowers in the prairie of the Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center parking lot

Wildlife Wonders

Heavy equipment on a dirt landscape with green vegetation and blue skies above

Habitat Restoration

Final Environmental Assessment for the Kootenai Floodplain Reconnection Project

Land Management

Beach relocation project under way at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Piping plover walking on a Delaware bay beach

Migratory Species

Interpretive Series: Plover Primetime

Draft Environmental Assessment Available for Cooperative Agriculture Activities at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge

American white pelican at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Final Environmental Assessment Available for the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge’s New Bunkhouse

Emergency Management

Wildfire damage forces parts of Oregon refuge to remain closed

Land Management

Interior Establishes Willamette Valley Conservation Area in Oregon

A closed gate barricades the route to the Duvall Bridge on Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Photo Credit: Mike Assenmacher / USFWS

Duval Bridge Closure

duck flying low over brown wetland plants

Land Management

Emergency closure of early teal hunt on Area C Hunt Unit at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge

Person dressed up in a blue and white goose mascot with large orange, black and white monarch butterfly wings planting a garden along with two people in. blur shirts

Joining forces to make a future for monarchs

American white pelican at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Public Comment Period on Bear River Draft Environmental Assessment

Wildlife Management

Service Promotes Public Access to Hunting and Fishing

Wildlife Management

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex announces Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Voluntary Pilot Programs for Lead-Free Hunting

Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Land Management

Pahranagat Refuge announces proposal to modernize water infrastructure

Science and Technology

Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge is bunny paradise

Wildlife Wonders

March 2025, Bird of the Month - Brown Pelican

Participants in the Field to Fork mentored rifle deer hunt pose for a group photo at Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in December 2024.

Pennsylvania Tradition Continues

Two people use their phones to take photos of a plant

City Nature Challenge 2025: Canyon County

Closeup of bluebell flower

Wildlife Wonders

Arctic Valentine

Wildlife Wonders

Living with Skunks

Northern Pintail in flight over wetland

Migratory Species

A New Era for Pintail Regulations

A young woman fishing from a platform

Unforgettable Hunting

Why Hunting Is Allowed on Refuges

a closeup of a number of students looking closely at American eels in an aquatic tank. One of the students in the front stands pointing at the eels

Migratory Species

Eels in the classroom

Passing Along the Hunting Ethic