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Program News

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

Habitat Restoration

Freshwater filter feeding Saginaw Bay sees recovery in Michigan

A wide river stretches from the foreground to the background, edged by bright green grasses and dark green trees, with a cloudy sky above

Saving salt marsh a team sport

A Career in the Wild

a woman in a US Fish and Wildlife Service uniform and hat holds her hand over a saltmarsh ditch

Habitat Restoration

Final Habitat Management Plan and Environmental Assessment Released

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

A snowcapped mountain sits in the background under a blue sky in front of green hills and a lake

Wildlife Management

Draft Environmental Assessment for Beaver Dam Notching

Land Management

Proposed Updates to Framework for Biological Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health

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

Secretary Salazar Announces $1.2 Million Contract Award for Renovation (Phase 2) of Administrative Headquarters at San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Service Awards Contract for Design and Engineering Services for New Administrative Headquarters and Visitor Contact Station at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report on Proposed Cullinan Ranch Restoration Project

Input Sought on Public Use Activities Planned for Cullinan Ranch Unit of San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Two California Projects Approved for Grants to Benefit Migratory Birds

Service Releases Record of Decision on South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR

Draft Farallon National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Public Review and Comment

New Film Explores Farallon Refuge’s Human Past and Conservation Future

Temporary Fire Restoration Closure

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge To Host Youth Hunt for Canada Goose, Duck and Coot

Secretary Kempthorne Announces Funding for Wetlands Projects, Additions to National Wildlife Refuges

Secretary Kempthorne Announces Funding for Wetlands Projects, Additions to National Wildlife Refuges

FL Gar Captured at A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR

Fishes of the A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR Canals

large tractor with an attachment on the back

Land Management

We’ve Got Chemistry

Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Endangered Species Act

Flight to Survive

Inside of a log public use cabin with table, woodstove, and bunks.

Kenai Recreation Fees

From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle

Land Management

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge �� unique, worth every ounce of effort

Long-abandoned, 'orphaned' wells find champion named BIL

A bird sits at then end of a branch.

Endangered Species Act

Black-capped Vireo Surveys Show Continued Recovery

A person in a black shirt and gray pants, standing on a wooden platform looks away from the camera through binoculars, at green vegetation, the ocean, and blue sky.

Bee on goldenrod in bloom

Wildlife Wonders

A Walk Through September

Extreme close-up of a tiny brown snail.

Endangered Species Act

How a River Was Moved to Save Tiny Snails

A green and yellow tractor tows a mowing attachment across a dusty field of grass with evergreens in the background.

Land Management

Mowing for Wildlife

hands holding a small yellow bird with its wing out

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, Oh My!