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Program News

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

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

For Parents and Educators

State and Refuge Partners Host Hunter Education Course For the First Time

Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Youth pose with a fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at the 2024 Cops and Bobbers Fishing Program

Building Connections Through Fishing

A small yellow helicopter with a crew member looking out soars above rocky mountains in Wyoming.

Emergency Management

Taking Flight to Fight Wildland Fire

A man with white hair and beard and wearing a Hawai'ian shirt signs a book at the counter of a visitor center store.

History and Culture

37th Annual Summer Lecture Series

Land Management

Pahranagat Refuge announces proposal to modernize water infrastructure

Refuge Employee talks to a group about wild turkey hunting

Yelping, Clucking and Calling: Finding your Passion in the Field

For Parents and Educators

Brushing Fear Aside with a Paintbrush

Engineering Equipment Operator Robert Luna Receives 2024 Refuge Employee of the Year Award

Kuskokwim River Mainstem Fishing Opportunities - Federal Subsistence Board News Release

Land Management

Service Seeks Input on Habitat Managment Plan at San Luis Valley

Land Management

National Refuge adds 400-plus acres in Kentucky

Land Management

Partnerships at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Identify Solutions to Remedy Water Impairment

Endangered Species Act

Lost Trail Conservation Area Proposed in Northwest Montana

Land Management

Adaptive Strategies for Management at National Elk Refuge

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and Big Bend Groundwater Management District 5 Meet to Discuss Water Management

Land Management

Final Decision to Guide Management and Continue Conservation Legacy at the National Bison Range

History and Culture

Entrance Signs Installed in Traditional Native Languages and English at Two National Wildlife Refuges

Wildlife Management

Draft Plan for Future Wildlife Management Open for Public Comment

Land Management

Partnership Adds Bird Habitat to Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area

Wildlife Management

Public Invited to Participate in a 30-Day Review Period for Management Plan at the National Bison Range

Land Management

Public Invited to Participate in 45-Day Comment Period on Proposed New Management Plan

A bald eagle perches on the arm of a man in a Service jacket in a snowy forested outdoor setting

Maurry Mills: 50 years of service with the Service

locals look for birds in the cottonwood trees in the distance with a cloudy, blue sky.

Community is rich here in the San Luis Valley. The Refuge Complex celebrates their new visitor center.

A pile of Higgins Eye Pearly Mussels facing many different directions with light glinting off their shells.

Wildlife Wonders

Mussels: The Muscles of a Healthy Waterway

Overhead photo of a green island with a dramatic point over 200 feet high with waves crashing on the cliff. There is a lighthouse at the end of the point.

Free Mobile Guide is Now Available

A deepening friendship

At Cape Cod Refuge, Coastal Change Is a Constant

Little girl smiling with a fishing pole in front of a stream

Summer Fishing Events

Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

A grebe, an aquatic bird, with bright red eyes, black body and white neck and belly, sits on it’s nest above water.

Relocation of Narrows Wake Zone on Lake Lowell

Habitat Restoration

Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Nature-Based Solutions

2 Canada geese, which are large birds with black heads with a white section below their eyes, a brown backside and black-tipped white tail, are swimming close to each other. One goose is closer to the camera, and one is further away. The goose that is further away has its head above the goose that is closer as if it is resting its head on the other.

Wildlife Wonders

(Canada) Goosin�� Around in Minnesota

a yellow bird with a short bill sits on a branch with green leaves

Birds on the Brink