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Program News

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

Land Management

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Draft Compatibility Determinations

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Draft Compatibility Determination

Land Management

Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Draft Compatibility Determinations

red ohia lehua flower

Listening to the Hilo Rain: Impacts of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death on Lei Making and Other Cultural Practices in Hawaiʻi

Habitat Restoration

Prescribed Burning Planned at the National Elk Refuge

Land Management

Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex Releases Draft Compatibility Determination of Research and Surveys for Public Review

Family poses for tree planting at Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Volunteers, an Earth Day Celebration, and a Little Snow

Groundwork Hudson Valley Green Team Group Picture Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

Spring Break Stewardship

Trash Cleanup Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Volunteers Spruce up the Swamp

Photo of blue-purple Wild Lupine flowers in the prairie of the Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center parking lot

Wildlife Wonders

Heavy equipment on a dirt landscape with green vegetation and blue skies above

Habitat Restoration

Final Environmental Assessment for the Kootenai Floodplain Reconnection Project

Land Management

Beach relocation project under way at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

A photo captures an Everglades snail kite as it snags a snail in its talons.

Land Management

Miccosukee Tribe, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Co-Stewardship

Habitat Restoration

More Than $25 Million To Protect and Restore Coastal Wetlands and Build Coastal Resiliency

Okefenokee Swamp is quiet at sunset.

Land Management

Minor Expansion of Acquisition Boundary

Two monarch butterflies sip nectar from a blooming blazing star plant

Promoting quality habitat on private lands

Land Management

Service Seeks Public Input to Improve Access to Federal Lands

Secretary Haaland Establishes Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge

Sunset over a lake with orange clouds and reflections on water and submerged vegetation in the foreground

Keeping our neighbors safe near Marion, Illinois

A group of uniformed officials pose with a Smokey mascot

Land Management

Agencies renew Nevada's commitment to shared stewardship

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

Wildlife Management

Okefenokee Proposed Expansion

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

Get Outdoors and Celebrate Nature During National Wildlife Refuge Week

Hooded Merganser taking off from the water with its feet splashing the water’s surface. A reflection of the Merganser appears below against the deep green of the water.

2025 Idaho Junior Duck Stamp Winners!

An image of a mallard duck sitting on water.

Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge is a Destination for Idahoans

Bangor High School student with wood turtle head-start

Wildlife Management

Schooling for turtles

A close up of a male American toad in a wetland calling for a mate by pushing air into his vocal sac.

Wildlife Wonders

What's all the croaking about?

A river otter laying on its side in some golden-colored reeds with its tongue out and left paw raised.

Wildlife Wonders

Beavers, Otters, Muskrats, Minks, Oh My!

For Parents and Educators

Ha’ånen Litekyan

A brown sign in a snow field. On the sign are the words "Welcome to Your National Wildlife Refuge System" and a Blue Goose symbol

History and Culture

Things you didn’t know about the National Wildlife Refuge System

Interagency Wildland Fire Meeting and �ʹ��app�� Group

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