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Program News

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

Land Management

Service Announces Final Updated Planning Policies for the National Wildlife Refuge System

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

Sandhill Cranes at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

Land Management

Service Finalizes Land Protection Plan for Expanding Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

Thick-trunked trees with leafy green foliage grow out of standing water

Land Management

Final Plan for Roanoke River NWR Expansion Available

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

three whooping cranes

Land Management

Service Finalizes Land Protection Plans for Expanding Aransas and Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuges

Habitat Restoration

Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Nature-Based Solutions

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

Set of antlers in field with distant snowy mountains

Antler Poaching Leads to Fine and Hunting Ban

Land Management

Expansion of 4 National Wildlife Refuges to Conserve Habitat, Protect Species, Support Recreation

National Elk Refuge Solicits Proposals for Guided Sleigh and Wagon Ride Interpretive Tours

Intern Nicole Prieto showing non-native sailfin catfish collected during electrofishing surveys

Fishes of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Effects of Climate Change on Wildlife and Habitat Concern Most Visitors to National Wildlife Refuges

National Wildlife Refuges Earn Consistent High Marks with Visitors, Finds National Survey

Happy 109th Birthday: National Wildlife Refuges Conserve Wildlife, Support Local Economies

National Wildlife Refuge System Birthday Celebrates Nation’s Conservation Legacy

Summer Jobs for Youth in America’s Great Outdoors

Salazar Applauds Legislation Naming Mississippi Refuge After Sam Hamilton

New National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Dedicated on Long Island

James W. Kurth Named U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Chief for the National Wildlife Refuge System

AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS

Secretary Salazar Celebrates Establishment of Four Conservation Units at Hill Ceremony

Service Expands Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on 10 Refuges Across the Nation

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Makes Donation, Scholarship Matching Grant to Honor September 11 Hero Richard Guadagno

A metal structure dams a ditch and prevents water from flowing out.

Habitat Restoration

Water: The lifeblood of a swamp

Nature to the Rescue

Close Up of Federal Wildlife Officer/Pilot taxis at an airport with the entry window/door open.

A 67 Million Acre Open Air Office

Two people kneel as they place small seedlings in the ground

Habitat Restoration

Innovative restoration shows promise

Endangered Species Act

Songs for Species

Bull elk walking across frozen land

Where are the Elk?

three whooping cranes

Land Management

Draft Land Protection Plans for Texas Coastal Refuges

Lantern Acres Game Land (NCWRC) Project Draft Compatibility Determination Available for Public Comment

Pale bluish-grey foliose lichen adorns the top and sides of a purplish-brown rock, it is accompanied by some moss in the upper corners.

Wildlife Wonders

Lichen: What the fungus is it?

manatees in pool with people

Endangered Species Act

A Herculean Task of Shakespearian Proportions

Ritidian to reopen to the public