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

Migratory Species

Interior Department Announces $87 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and Refuges

Damien Miller Receives Department of the Interior's Distinguished Service Award

Samantha Bartling Receives the Secretary of the Interior’s Diversity Award

An ʻIʻiwi perching on a branch while reaching with its beak for nectar from a white flower

Endangered Species Act

Birds of Hakalau Forest and Kona Forest

Habitat Restoration

Moapa Valley Refuge announces proposal to remove invasive palms

A man standing in a grassy area holding one end of a net with brush and trees in the background.

Remembering a Conservation Pioneer

A bald eagle perches on the arm of a man in a Service jacket in a snowy forested outdoor setting

Maurry Mills: 50 years of service with the Service

locals look for birds in the cottonwood trees in the distance with a cloudy, blue sky.

Community is rich here in the San Luis Valley. The Refuge Complex celebrates their new visitor center.

A pile of Higgins Eye Pearly Mussels facing many different directions with light glinting off their shells.

Wildlife Wonders

Mussels: The Muscles of a Healthy Waterway

A deepening friendship

Overhead photo of a green island with a dramatic point over 200 feet high with waves crashing on the cliff. There is a lighthouse at the end of the point.

Free Mobile Guide is Now Available

A grassy marsh with open water in the foreground and a pine forest in the background

IRA-Funded Projects in Eastern North Carolina Announced

Temporary Road Closure at Hart Mountain

Habitat Restoration

Stratford’s Great Meadows Salt Marsh Gets a $4M Refresh

Wildlife Management

Drought Conditions at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Potential Impacts to Recreation Opportunities

Land Management

Lower Klamath and Tule Lake Refuges Announce 2022-23 Hunt Season Closure

Refuge Addresses Comments on Commercial Special Use Permit Fee Changes

bottomland hardwood forest

Land Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acquires Nearly 250 Acres in East Texas

Service Seeks Public Input to Improve Access to Federal Lands

An overlook near a pond.

Final Environmental Assessment for Replacement Visitor Center

Photo shows two small rabbits in a woody habitat, one is looking towards the camera while the other passes behind.

Wildlife Management

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease confirmed for first time in endangered riparian brush rabbits

Endangered Species Act

Federal Officials Seek Assistance in Investigation of Red Wolf Death

whooping crane close up

Migratory Species

Record High Number of Whooping Cranes Wintered in Texas

Wildlife Management

President’s $2B Service Budget Request Prioritizes Conservation, Key Administration Initiatives

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

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

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

My Life, Wildlife: Maria Fosado

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

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

Rachel Carson sitting on mountain cliff

Rachel Carson: Would-be climate champion

Habitat Restoration

Restoring the prairies for wildlife and people

Minnesota's prairie jewel

Wildlife Wonders

Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the World Includes Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge