The St. Petersburg Times has published a troubling pair of articles that detail the failures of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in protecting Florida panther habitat, and thus the Florida panther.
In the article “Dead cat walking: As Florida panther habitat shrinks, extinction fears rise”, Times Staff Writer Craig Pittman explains how genetic defects [...]

House Republicans — in their never-ending effort to keep their anti-immigration base happy — have introduced a bill that would remove the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s authority over wildlife refuges along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rep. Rob Bishop from Utah introduced the bill (and yes, Utah is nowhere near the Mexican border) and claims that the [...]

Hailstone Reservoir: Dam to be removed, salty lake drained

Planning Underway for Region’s National Wildlife Refuges

Keystone Pipeline report: Streams, fossils may be damaged

Volunteers spruce up forests in Canaan Valley, West Virginia

Equine advocate Laura Leigh drops law suit against Sheldon NWR

The Obama Administration recently held a White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors, to help set America’s future agenda for conserving nature.
In response to this important conference, the National Wildlife Refuge Association released their “Conserving America’s Great Outdoors: Fulfilling Theodore Roosevelt’s Crusade to Protect America’s Wildlife.”
According to the NWRA:

The report presents a series of [...]

WGNO in New Orleans is reporting that part of Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana has been closed due to the recent oil spill:

Due to an oil spill in the Delta Bend area of the Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Saturday closed the refuge, south of Main Pass, to [...]

In a major victory for refuge supporters, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved a preliminary plan for a proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, which will lead to a two-year study that will determine whether the first national wildlife refuge in the Chicago region should be created.
On February 13, this blog reported on the [...]

The March/April 2010 edition of the “Refuge Update” newsletter (PDF) is now online.
The newsletter covers topics such as:

A Mobile Refuge Visitor Center
The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council
Brown Pelicans: A Soaring Success Story
Refuge Maintenance Supporting Habitat
Managing Water for Wildlife
The new Content Management System for Refuge Websites
Winners of the Annual Refuge Awards

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FWS Will Begin Comprehensive Conservation Planning for the Arctic NWR

Erratic pelicans due to return to N.D. refuge

Plan would clear way for water stations on Buenos Aires refuge

Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge biologist honored

Septic discharge raises concern at Cape Romain NWR

Increase in woodcutting may threaten Yukon Delta NWR

Rare photo shows mother Florida panther and two kittens

The Times-Picayune reports that Coast Guard contractors are working to contain an oil spill that occurred at Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.

At approximately 1 a.m., Tuesday, Berry Brothers General Contractors notified the Coast Guard that oil was discharging into a canal located approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice. Chevron Pipeline Co., which operates [...]

The Friends group Mississippi River Wild is advertising a Friends Exchange Community that helps members of refuge Friends groups meet other members and plan a visit to a refuge within the National Wildlife Refuge System:

At the 2009 National Friends Conference the topic was “Friends United”. There was much networking and an expressed desire to [...]

YNN Rochester reports on Sunday that a suspicous fire has burned approximately 700 acres at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in upstate New York:

The fire is on an island in the marshland and does not look to spread past the 700 acres already burned. The fire was concentrated in the cattails and marsh area of the [...]

Shore News Today recently published an article on New Jersey’s Friends of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, which are celebrating their one-year anniversary of supporting the refuge.

“Increasing public awareness of the importance of the Refuge to migratory birds and other wildlife is essential to its protection,” explained New Jersey Audubon Society biologist Christina Frank, who [...]