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

It Started With a Drip Torch

A woman playing guitar next to a lake

Wildlife Wonders

Kodiak Refuge Inspires New Music

Wildlife Wonders

Rare bee found in Wisconsin by pollinator task force

A woman sits in a tree and plays guitar

Wildlife Wonders

Century Trail: Behind the Scenes

Drawing of a brown duck with a green patch above its eye sitting in greenish water.

For Parents and Educators

Fremont student wins California’s Digital Junior Duck Stamp Contest

four volunteers standing in a wetland and working

Migratory Species

Highlights from our Urban Bird Treaty City Partnerships

Volunteer Tom Ress holds radio telemetry equipment as he tracks cranes in Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge firefighters assist local community

Kids Discovery Center

A dump truck tips a load of gravel onto a gravel road bordered in field and forest.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Job Openings in Eastern North Carolina

Refuge grows, and blooms, in Alabama

Scott Covington holding a fresh caught fish in his hands while out fishing.

Climate Change with Scott Covington

National Wildlife Refuge Week

Land Management

Great American Outdoors Act Makes Public Lands More Accessible

a woman wearing a service uniform shows a turtle to a small boy

Tried-and-true friend: Cindy Heffley

Painting of an ocean waves on a beach on canvas

History and Culture

Meet the Summer Artist in Residence - Tamara Major

Camping is a Treat at These National Wildlife Refuges

Habitat Restoration

Conservación y communidad - conservation and community

children play in a tree in the forest

Children Get Their Hands Dirty During “Be the Biologist” Junior Ranger Program at Trinity River NWR

Habitat Restoration

Agua es Vida - Water is Life

Sunrise over the Okefenokee Swamp.

History and Culture

Muscogee Nation Visits “Most Blissful Spot of the Earth.”