In a previous blog post, I talked about speculation from The Huffington Post about who the new Secretary of Interior might be if Barack Obama wins the election, as the polls seem to indicate.
Now Grist — the website of environmental news and commentary — is offering their predictions for a future Secretary of Interior, and [...]

According to the Port Clinton News Herald, the beautiful new visitor center at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, which lies along the southern edge of Lake Erie in Ohio, has won an award for energy efficiency from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Ottawa Wildlife Refuge visitor center received the Energy Department’s award for Sustainable Design [...]

On October 26, Steve Ford of the Evansville, Indiana Courier & Press published an article declaring that Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Wildlife Management Area had proven its usefulness to the Indiana community.

There might have been a time when I would have looked at the back page of the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for [...]

The most respected polls in America clearly indicate that unless something dramatic happens in the next ten days, Democrat Barack Obama will likely be the next president of the United States, which means we’ll soon be hearing names tossed about for those individuals who will be serving in the new cabinet.
Fortunately, recent media reports indicate [...]

In the past, this blog has reported on the ongoing controversey about drilling in Baca National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado (see post here and here).
On October 24, 2008, The Valley Courier in Colorado reported on the recent announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that said exploratory drilling at the refuge will [...]

Artist Joshua Spies from Watertown, South Dakota took first place in the 2008 Federal Duck Stamp Contest that was held in Bloomington, Minnesota with his acrylic oil painting of a male long-tailed duck floating with a decoy. The second place winner was James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, with an acrylic painting of a pair of [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published a guide to hunting on America’s national wildlife refuges. According to the USFWS Hunting web page:

More than 300 hunting programs exist on national wildlife refuges, and many refuges offer hunts and blinds specifically designed for people with disabilities, as well as hunts organized to introduce youngsters to [...]

The Capital Times in Wisconsin is reporting that this year’s crop of young endangered whooping cranes (14 birds in all) will be led from their Wisconsin home at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge to two different Florida national wildlife refuges this year — Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
According to The Capital [...]

On October 14, the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees released a study titled, “Natural and Cultural Resource Impacts and Management Consequences of the Proposed Regulation to Authorize the Possession of Concealed Firearms in Units of the National Park & National Wildlife Refuge Systems.”
According to the CNPSR press release, the report finds that:

More than [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has announced that they are now accepting nominations for the 2009 National Wildlife Refuge System Awards.
According to the announcement:

The Awards, sponsored by the National Wildlife Refuge Association and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, honor outstanding accomplishments by Refuge Managers, Refuge System Employees, Volunteers and Friends Groups. Recognizing the [...]