Feds Unveil Plan to Overhaul National Wildlife Refuges, Get More ‘Boots on the Ground’

USFWS and DOI officials announced the conclusion to a 6-month refuge review that plans to make the NWR more efficient and focus on habitat.
Defenders of WildlifeOpinion

Fish and Wildlife Review Misses the Mark, Historic Opportunity to Strengthen Refuge System

In response to the FWS review of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Defenders released its own report detailing a crisis ...
Electrek

First: Volvo CE Electric equipment does the work, without disturbing the wildlife

For the first time, electric equipment assets are being put to work in the National Wildlife Refuge System, where ...

First elk hunt opens at wildlife refuge built around a former nuclear weapons plant

Elk hunting has opened for the first time at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, the former Cold War nuclear weapons site, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) says in a draft plan that ...

New border wall plans appear in motion at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

New wooden stakes with pink ribbons have been posted on the tree line at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and environmentalists are fearful that the border wall will cut straight through the ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Trump officials eye expanded oil and gas leasing beneath a Utah wildlife refuge. Critics call it ‘wildly irresponsible.’

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Trump administration is considering ...
New Jersey 101.5

NJ’s wildlife refuges are at their best in winter. Here’s why

Winter at NJ's wildlife refuges means quiet trails, dry brown grasses, and birds you won't hear in summer. Holgate's open now ...