Facilities closed due to COVID-19
The health and safety of our visitors and employees are our top priority. For this reason the office/Headquarters, tower, and outhouses will be closed until further notice. Refuge trails will remain open, to provide healthy outdoor options for the public. To guide our operational response to COVID-19, the Service is following the most current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, Office of Personnel Management, DOI Office of Emergency Management, and state and local public health authorities.
The Service is focused on ensuring employees, their families, volunteers and visitors to our refuges are safe by following the most current guidance from the CDC, OPM, OEM and other health authorities. That includes maintaining a safe distance between yourself and other groups. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth, and cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. Most importantly, please stay home if you feel sick.
Monarch populations have rebounded but they are still in trouble. Want to help these amazing insects? Enter your sightings at Journey North or e-butterfly.org and plant native milkweeds.
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Bees and other pollinators are declining due to habitat loss and pesticide use. Help monitor these fascinating flying bugs by grabbing your phone or camera and joining Bumble Bee Watch.
Bumble Bee Watch