Projects and Research

Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration and Management 

Fire Management Program

Habitat Management

Impoundment Management

Eradicate or Control Nonindigenous and Invasive Plants and Animals 

Land Acquisition

Land Protection Partnerships

Cultural Resources

Enhance Fishing and Hunting Opportunities

Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed Initiative

Frosted Flatwoods Salamander Research

Red Cockaded Woodpecker Program

Up to 46 percent of the plants and animals federally listed as endangered species have been negatively impacted by invasive species (Wilcove, et al. 1998, National Invasive Species Council 2001). Refuges in the North Atlantic Appalachian Region initiated an effort to systematically identify, locate, and map invasive plant species occurring on refuge lands leading to an effective...