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Program News

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

Habitat Restoration

Freshwater Mussels and Fish Moved to a New Home in the Donner und Blitzen River

Wildlife Wonders

How Best to Enjoy a Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Management

Refuges to the Rescue

Wild Facts About Wild Turkeys

Trails for Non-Hikers

Wildlife Wonders

Fall for Autumn

Meeting the mission in the Cache River

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

Emergency closure of early teal hunt on Area C Hunt Unit at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge

Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst named Service’s Military Conservation Partner of the Year

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

Wildlife Management

Citizen Scientists Key to Successful Data Collection at National Wildlife Refuge

Science and Technology

Exploring the Atlantic’s only marine monument

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

Purchase a Hunting License

Wildlife Conservation

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

Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska

black brant flying in front of a grassy hill

Migratory Species

Pacific black brant migration and what they can teach us

Minnesota Valley NWR - Confluence Gallery