The Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges have been awarded the “2010 Friends Group of the Year” award.
From the National Wildlife Refuge Association announcement:

The Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges will receive the Friends Group of the Year Award. Alaska is home to some of the largest and wildest refuges in the country. Some refuges, [...]

Zeeger de Wilde of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR Complex in Maryland has been awarded the 2010 “Volunteer of the Year” award.
From the National Wildlife Refuge Association announcement:

Zeeger de Wilde will receive the Volunteer of the Year Award for his unwavering support and commitment to the volunteering on wildlife refuges and at the Chesapeake Marshlands National [...]

Vernon Byrd, of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska has won the 2010 Refuge System “Employee of the Year” award.
From the National Wildlife Refuge Association announcement:

Vernon Byrd, a biologist at Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, has been selected to receive the Refuge System Employee of the Year Award for demonstrating dedication [...]

The 2010 Refuge System Awards have been announced, and Kevin Foerster of Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in California is winner of the Paul Kroegel - 2010 Refuge Manager of the Year Award.
From the National Wildlife Refuge Association announcement:

Kevin Foerster has been selected to receive the Paul Kroegel Refuge Manager of the Year Award [...]

Just a reminder that November 15 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the 2010 National Wildlife Refuge System Awards, which honor outstanding accomplishments by Refuge Managers, Refuge System Employees, Volunteers and Friends Groups.
Award recipients will receive a monetary award ($1000 for Refuge Manager, Employee and Volunteer awards, $2000 for Friends Group), and paid [...]

The Salt Lake Tribune ran an article about Ted Steinke, the winner of the 2009 Refuge Photo Contest run by the National Wildlife Refuge Association.
Ted Steinke won with an amazing photo of two northern harriers competing for a dead duck at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in northern Utah.
In the Salt Lake Tribune article, [...]

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 [...]

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

October 11-17, 2009 is National Wildlife Refuge Week — a great time to seek out your local widlife refuge and find out what’s happening.
More from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Week press release:

Whether you prefer to admire the fall colors, thrill to a skyful of migratory birds, explore a mountain trail or [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are now accepting nominations for the 2010 National Wildlife Refuge System Awards, which honor outstanding accomplishments by Refuge Managers, Refuge System Employees, Volunteers and Friends Groups.
Awards and Presentation
Award recipients will receive a monetary award ($1000 for Refuge Manager, Employee and Volunteer awards, $2000 [...]

On September 21, this blog posted a reminder that September 26 is National Public Lands Day, which will be celebrated on many national wildlife refuges around the country.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has now released a list of participating refuges. If there’s a project near you, be sure to take this opportunity to give [...]

National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. Last year 120,000 volunteers worked in over 1,800 locations and in every state, and now eight federal agencies and many state and local lands participate in this annual day of caring for the public lands that bring us wonderful recreational opportunities [...]