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Program News

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

Prescribed fire being used to clear brush at the Delta Creek Pool in 1963.

History and Culture

Delta Creek Dam and Water Control Structure Removal Project

A group of Tufted Puffins - chunky, black bodied, white faced, orange footed, and yellow-tufted seabirds - stand atop a grassy rock

Thirty-Five Years of Service Protecting Seabirds, Wildlife, and Wild Places

Science and Technology

Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge is bunny paradise

Wildlife Wonders

March 2025, Bird of the Month - Brown Pelican

Participants in the Field to Fork mentored rifle deer hunt pose for a group photo at Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in December 2024.

Pennsylvania Tradition Continues

Two people use their phones to take photos of a plant

City Nature Challenge 2025: Canyon County

Prescribed Burning Planned at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

A plank fishing pier stretches into the distance

Bell Island Pier & Road Temporary Closures at Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge

Closeup of bluebell flower

Wildlife Wonders

Arctic Valentine

Wildlife Wonders

Living with Skunks

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Refuge Closed Feb. 17- May 28

Northern Pintail in flight over wetland

Migratory Species

A New Era for Pintail Regulations

Person dressed up in a blue and white goose mascot with large orange, black and white monarch butterfly wings planting a garden along with two people in. blur shirts

Joining forces to make a future for monarchs

American white pelican at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Public Comment Period on Bear River Draft Environmental Assessment

Wildlife Management

Service Promotes Public Access to Hunting and Fishing

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

Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Land Management

Pahranagat Refuge announces proposal to modernize water infrastructure

Kuskokwim River Mainstem Fishing Opportunities - Federal Subsistence Board News Release

a bobtail squid with large black eyes floats in front of a rock face

Land Management

Biden-Harris administration publishes final management plan for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

Successful 2024 Elk Antler Auction

Land Management

Service Provides Landowners Clarity and Assurances on Wetland Easements

Migratory Species

Interior Department Announces $87 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and Refuges

A young woman fishing from a platform

Unforgettable Hunting

a closeup of a number of students looking closely at American eels in an aquatic tank. One of the students in the front stands pointing at the eels

Migratory Species

Eels in the classroom

Why Hunting Is Allowed on Refuges

Passing Along the Hunting Ethic

Good Hunting May Be Closer Than You Think

Buff-colored and white shorebird wades into wetland with waters in the distance

Habitat Restoration

Reimagining wetland restoration in Minnesota

Migratory Species

Christmas Bird Count (CBC)

Land Management

Alimentando la tradición: una trayectoria bilingüe

Overlook Closure at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Long view of walkers and cyclists using the Flyway Trail at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

At San Francisco Refuge, New Trail Connects Community

Dan Murphy: Taking a Landscape Approach to Conserving Wildlife