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Program News

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

A man standing in a grassy area holding one end of a net with brush and trees in the background.

Remembering a Conservation Pioneer

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

A deepening friendship

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 grassy marsh with open water in the foreground and a pine forest in the background

IRA-Funded Projects in Eastern North Carolina Announced

At Cape Cod Refuge, Coastal Change Is a Constant

A creek flows with green willows and grass banks with snowy mountains in the background having a mix of bule skies and white puffy clouds.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final Environmental Assessment for Beaver Dam Notching at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Forested Wetland on San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

Land Management

National Wildlife Refuge System in Texas Grows by More Than 9,000 Acres

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

Summer Fishing Events

A wetland surrounded by brown trees and some green vegetation

IRA-Funded Projects in Four States

Kid's Duck Conservation Day at McNary National Wildlife Refuge

Night Thrills on the Refuge

Seabirds Warn of Ocean Change

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Approves Acquisition of 9, 000 Acres of Wetlands for National Wildlife Refuge System

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southwest Region Names Jennifer Owen-White Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Manager

A New Biological Management Option against Cheatgrass Raises Hope of Western Land Managers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Analysis Does Not Support Proposed Land Exchange and Road Corridor Through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Partnerships Honored with Interior Department’s 2012 “Partners in Conservation�� Awards

AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar, Ashe Announce More than $29 Million to Expand Refuge System, Conserve Wetlands

Service Announces New Hunting Opportunities On Refuges in Fourteen States

Service Proposes New Hunting Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges in Fourteen States

Home Values Higher near National Wildlife Refuges, New Study Finds

Sense of wonder, not worry

Dworshak National Fish Hatchery on the Clearwater, sunset after a storm.

History and Culture

50 Years of the Boldt Decision

Barred Owl resting with its eyes closed in a tree, perched right next to the white papery trunk. No leaves on any of the trees within the background with the light blue winter sky seen through tree trunks and branches.

Wildlife Wonders

Barred Owls: ‘Tis the mating season

Landscape painting of marsh and forest

History and Culture

February Artist in Residence

A smiling group stands in a frozen salt marsh

Salt marsh is the keystone to coastal conservation

An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.

Decision-making in a new era of conservation

Yellow warbler perches on branch in sunlight.

Connecting with nature beyond sound

Two Volunteers Log More Than 20,000 Hours at National Wildlife Refuges

A person wearing snowshoes and a winter hat with a red pompom faces away from the camera as they look out across the Minnesota River Valley from the field next to the overlook behind the Bloomington Education and Visitor Center.

Exploring the Winter Wonderland

students setting up trail camera in the woods

Wildlife Management

An Amazing Journey From Intern to Zoologist

Silhouette of a person in a boat on a river at sunrise

Wildlife Wonders

Birding bitter sweetness

Supporting an Existing Community Asset