October 9-15 is National Wildlife Refuge Week. Many refuges around the country have special events planned, so be sure to check in with a refuge near you. You can also find a list of events via the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.

SunSentinel.com reports that a federal judge has determined that Florida is not adequately reducing the level of phosphorus in stormwater runoff, which is entering the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern part of the Everglades.
Officials from the South Florida Water Management District, as well as Earthjustice and other environmental groups, were pleased with the [...]

The Denver Post reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a land swap that will create a land bridge between Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado and the mountains to the west.
From the Denver Post:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managers this morning said the plan to cross Colo. 93 at [...]

KETV in Omaha has posted a video report on the major changes occurring at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, which is near Omaha, Nebraska and has been closed since a levee breech resulted in massive flooding at the refuge.
DeSoto NWR, which won’t likely reopen until spring of 2012, saw $3 million of damage and an end [...]

Shore News Today published a profile of Brian Braudis, the new refuge manager at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey.
Although Braudis is new to the job, he already has nice things to say about the Friends of Cape May:

Braudis expressed appreciation to The Friends of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge for its devotion [...]