In a pleasant surprise from Congress, the just-passed “FY 2010 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill” will give the National Wildlife Refuge System a budget increase of $40 million, which was the higher amount that the House passed earlier this year.
From the press release by the National Wildlife Refuge Association:

This builds upon strong increases [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has announced the winners for their 2009 Refuge Photo Contest. According to the press release:
More than 2,000 images taken by photographers in 44 states and territories were submitted in this fourth annual Refuge Photo Contest, testimony to the allure of wildlife refuges as amazing places to experience wildlife and wild [...]

During a recent trip to the national wildlife refuges of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I discovered a wonderful series of DVD documentaries featuring the state’s national wildlife refuges.
STRS Productions Inc. is working on a five-movie series that highlights the large variety of wildlife to be found within North Carolina’s refuges. The STRS website [...]

The Jackson Hole News and Guide in Wyoming recently ran a story that offers new details on the extreme nature of the gun legislation that was recently passed and signed into law, which will allow concealed weapons in most national parks and national wildlife refuges.
Now that legal experts have time to fully examine the [...]

Aransas refuge visit puts man, wildlife in touch

Visitors center at Big Branch Marsh getting a facelift

Wildlife preserve continues to grow

$1.4 million wildlife refuge building dedicated

Wildlife refuge hoping to halt salt buildup

Profile: Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge in western Montana

TylerPaper.com in Texas reports that the non-profit Conservation Fund has donated 30.28 acres for the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge, which is in east Texas.
As this blog has reported, the creation of the Neches River NWR may be held up by the Supreme Court, but for now the refuge has started adding to its land [...]

News-Messenger.com reports that on October 30, a meeting will be held where Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Manager Doug Brewer and representatives from refuges in New Jersey and Colorado will get together with current and future volunteers to provide everyone in the community a way to be part of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.
If you’d like to [...]

Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends Helping to Maintain one of Virginia’s Newest Refuges

Families learn during Wildlife Refuge Week

Hakalau Wildlife Refuge Open House (video)

Re-opening of Cameron Wildlife Refuge (video)

Dungeness wildlife refuge dedication slated Tuesday

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that Robert Bealle — an artist from Waldorf, Maryland — won the 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Bealle’s painting of an American wigeon will be made into the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2010. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [...]

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge volunteers find serenity in nature

First-Ever Ultralight-Aircraft Webcam Will Provide a Window Seat During Aircraft-Guided Whooping Crane Migration

Photo Exhibit Highlights Bosque Del Apache

USFWS proposes to add 425 acres to Pondicherry Refuge

5,000-Acre Mollidgewock Brook Property Added to Town Forest in Errol (NH)

Everglades exhibit to open at wildlife refuge in Loxahatchee

Editorial: Refuge shows [...]

For the first time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Patuxent Research Refuge in Maryland will host the nation’s oldest and most prestigious wildlife art competition — the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest on October 16 and 17 at the National Wildlife Visitor Center.
The only federally-sponsored juried art competition, the contest is [...]

KTRE in Texas reports that Houston Audubon recently honored a group of supporters who have helped to protect Neches River and fight for the creation of the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge. Among those honored were former U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson, Ellen and Buddy Temple, Texas Conservation Alliance, and The Conservation Fund.
According to KTRE:

Ellen and [...]