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Program News

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

Wild Facts About Wild Turkeys

Meeting the mission in the Cache River

Trails for Non-Hikers

Wildlife Wonders

Fall for Autumn

Wildlife Wonders

Wildlife Wonders

Weathering the Cold

a close up of a riparian woodrat's face, with its body held in a pillowcase

Wildlife Wonders

Riparian Woodrats Found After 7 Year Absence

A sign on an Okefenokee swamp water trail reads Entering National Wilderness Area

Wildlife Management

Okefenokee Proposed Expansion

Land Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Input on Draft Compatibility Determination for Saginaw Bay Pipeline Company Right-of-Way Renewal

Habitat Restoration

Repairs Completed at Lake Ilo Dam

Smiling person with sunglasses on head stands in front of wetlands.

New chief named for National Wildlife Refuges in Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands

Wildlife Wonders

Wildlife Webcams

A small, mostly yellow-green bird with black and light blue markings on its breast and face perched on a thin branch

Lower Rio Grande Valley seeking public input

Brown, black & white raccoon swimming across a canal

Habitat Restoration

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Water Management Plan

Bison and elk graze on a snow-patched field of grass

Wildlife Management

National Elk Refuge Seeks Public Input to Update Bison and Elk Management Plan

A rendering of a dog and a green butte

Scoop the Poop Night

Portrait of a cougar (Puma concolor), courtesy of ucumari photography, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Cougar Visits Oregon's Famous Haystack Rock

Waterway view at Bill Williams River Refuge

Land Management

Seeking Public Comment at Bill Williams River

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Changes to Existing Rights-of-Way on San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

The historic Miller House at National Elk Refuge in Wyoming, with mountains behind it..

Miller House Returning to its Roots as Refuge Housing

The colorful back of an Arctic grayling is held just out of clear waters by a gloved hand

Land Management

Red Rock Lakes NWR Releases Final EA for Arctic Grayling Overwintering Habitat

Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge Releases Final 2023 Hunting Plan

a view of sunset from the top of a ridge across an arid landscape

Draft Compatibility Determination at Sevilleta Available

Two large white birds with spindly legs and black tips on their wings coming in for a landing in a wetland

Endangered Species Act

2023 Wintering Whooping Crane Count

Common yellowthroat perched on a shrub.

Music, Wildlife, and Nature Create New Experiences for Visitors

Expansion of Powell Creek Nature Trail at James River National Wildlife Refuge

Matt shows the Mikania, invasive vine at the Guam National Wildlife Refuge

Getting back into conservation

Better visitor services for Illinois refuge

Land Management

60 Years of Wilderness!

A brown bison grazes in the foreground with Denver and the Rocky Mountains rising in the background

2024 Winners, National Wildlife Refuge Association Awards

Wildlife Conservation

Purchase a Hunting License

black brant flying in front of a grassy hill

Migratory Species

Pacific black brant migration and what they can teach us

Watercraft inspector physically inspecting two kayaks on top of truck roof rack for aquatic invasive species.

Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska

Minnesota Valley NWR - Confluence Gallery

Left, Joe Lester Chesser and his grandson Andrew stand in front of the old Homestead site that is now part of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Joe, 89, grew up there and left when the refuge took over in 1971. Today Andrew works for the American Conservation Experience taking care of 120 canoe trails in the refuge.

History and Culture

Explore a Family Legacy: Journey Through Chesser Island in the Okefenokee Swamp