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Program News

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

Refuge Employee talks to a group about wild turkey hunting

Yelping, Clucking and Calling: Finding your Passion in the Field

For Parents and Educators

Brushing Fear Aside with a Paintbrush

Kuskokwim River Mainstem Fishing Opportunities - Federal Subsistence Board News Release

Engineering Equipment Operator Robert Luna Receives 2024 Refuge Employee of the Year Award

Women Veterans Day Trailblazing Celebration at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Laysan albatross flying above Kahuku Golf Course

Migratory Species

Bird-Friendly Golf Courses

Migratory Species

Hummingbirds of North America

Habitat Restoration

A glowing mountain at sunset sits behind a wetlands in shadow

History and Culture

The Hulē‘ia National Wildlife Refuge

Changes Coming to Vernita Camping

Pollinators transform a neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut

Veteran in wheelchair catches fish

For Parents and Educators

Bringing Together Disabled Veterans for a Day on the Water

Proposed Hunting Expansion for Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah

Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on North Dakota National Wildlife Refuges Expanded

Possible Waterfowl Hunting on Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Summertime Fishing at National Fish Hatcheries and National Wildlife Refuges

Land Management

FWS Begins Planning Efforts for the National Bison Range

Land Management

Environmental Assessment for Eastern South Dakota Fire Management Plan

Wildlife Management

National Elk Refuge Management Plan

Improvements to Oil and Gas Regulations on Refuge System Lands

Expanded Urban Partnerships

Utah Family Land Donation Establishes Bear River Watershed Conservation Area

Endangered Species Act

Recovering Threatened, Endangered Species in Kansas, Utah, Montana

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tables Proposal to Expand the Acquisition Boundary of Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge

Migratory Species

Clicking for Rails

A National Wildlife Refuge sign with a blue goose stands before a field of low-growing plants with a large wetland beyond. In the distance sand dunes are on the horizon beneath a blue sky.

History and Culture

Un homenaje al legado latino del Valle de Salinas

Kara Hilwig standing next to a single engine bush plane on a dirt airstrip.

My Life, Wildlife: Kara Hilwig

A person with frost-covered hair peeking out of a hood. Their mouth is covered by a neck gaiter and they smile with their eyes.

My Life, Wildlife: Karin Bodony

A firefighter walks the edge of a controlled burn in a dry grassland with mountains in the background

Land Management

Prescribed Fire Planned at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Biologist Robin Corcoran in chest waders and cold weather clothing holding a surfbird with both hands while sitting near a rocky shoreline in Alaska .

My Life, Wildlife: Robin Corcoran

Biologist Heather Renner holds a puffin chick with both hands on the side of a steep slop with green vegetation and a hilltop in the background.

My Life, Wildlife: Heather Renner

Migratory Species

Where do birds go offshore? The answers may be blowing in the wind

Maria Fosado smiles for a selfie on an ocean shore. Snow-covered mountains loom in the distance.

My Life, Wildlife: Maria Fosado

Rachel Carson sitting on mountain cliff

Rachel Carson: Would-be climate champion

Dark silhouettes of trees and their branches stand out in front of the sun shining in the background. These silhouettes are further emphasized when they are seen reflected in flooded water below them with added texture from the ripples in the water.

Wildlife Wonders

The March Equinox