In many areas of the country, May 9 is being recognized as International Migratory Bird Day, which is an annual event created in 1993 by visionaries at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, to focus attention on one of the most important and spectacular events in the life of a [...]

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Biologists Chris Lucash, Michael Morse, and Ryan Nordsven located the first red wolf litter of the 2009 season at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in coastal North Carolina.
From the USFWS:

To date, ten litters and a total of 34 pups have been located on the recovery area in eastern North Carolina…
In [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has announced the start of their 2009 Refuge Photography Contest, a digital photo contest to showcase
America’s national wildlife refuges.

You can submit your National Wildlife Refuge System images on this site beginning May 1, 2009. There is a $10 entry fee per entrant.
Images can be of birds, mammals, insects, fish, [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has put out an action alert urging citizens to contact their senators to support an effort to secure $514 million for the Refuge System in Fiscal Year 2010.
The deadline for contacting your senators is May 13.
From the NWRA:

Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) are sending a [...]

Anyone who has read more than a couple articles about wetlands knows that one of the great benefits of protecting wetlands is that they can help reduce flooding. According to the Sierra Club:

Like sponges, wetlands soak up rain and store excess floodwater runoff, then slowly release flood waters back into streams, lakes, and groundwater.
One acre [...]

Motorboat owners can party hearty at F Cove … for now

New river refuges manager tackles wetland challenges

Hundreds of dead birds on Bay Area beaches

Trail’s beautiful legacy is drawing to a close, but future looks promising

Kilauea’s old lighthouse about to get brighter future