The Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) has just released their Restoring America’s Wildlife Refuges 2010 report, which warns of the threat from an Obama Administration proposal to significantly cut the Refuge System’s budget.
From CARE:

America’s National Wildlife Refuge System, comprising 150 million acres, requires a minimum of $900 million annually to operate adequately. The report [...]

The Metro Santa Cruz newspaper is reporting that paint chips from an old Navy base on the Midway Islands is causing the deaths of thousands of threatened Laysan albatross chicks, who are dying of lead poisoning. UC–Santa Cruz assistant researcher Myra Finkelstein did a study that provided evidence that paint chips from an abandoned U.S. [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association just released details of President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget, and it contains some disappointment for the Refuge System.

The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) expressed disappointment over President Obamas proposed $499.5 million operations and maintenance budget for the National Wildlife Refuge System for next year, Fiscal Year 2011. Because [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has laid out their 2010 priorities in advocating for the National Wildlife Refuge System:
Funding: With a renewed emphasis on reducing the federal deficit, as outlined in the President’s State of the Union, federal programs such as the National Wildlife Refuge System are likely to see reduced or frozen discretionary spending [...]

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 issued a press release announcing the passage of a $26 million budget increase for the Refuge System in the Senate’s FY 2010 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Unfortunately this is not the same amount that the House passed earlier.
From the NWRA:
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) [...]

A new episode of Refuge TV from the National Wildlife Refuge Association explains why you need to contact your U.S. senators immediately and urge them to adopt the House Refuge System funding level for Fiscal Year 2010.

Visit the NWRA Action Alert page for more information.
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In this episode of Refuge TV from the National Wildlife Refuge Association, their VP of Government Affairs, Desiree Sorenson-Groves, spells out why your calls are needed to ensure that the Senate steps up and gives the Refuge System a healthy budget for Fiscal Year 2010.
You can reach your senators via the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

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The Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) has issued their “Restoring America’s Wildlife Refuges 2009″ report, which highlights how the funding crisis is undermining the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association’s Flyer newsletter:

“Restoring America’s Wildlife Refuges 2009: A Plan to Solve the Refuge System Funding Crisis,” a new [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has released details on President Barack Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2010 budget for the National Wildlife Refuge System. According to the NWRA:

The FY 2010 budget request proposes a $802 million or 7.1% increase for the Department of the Interior over the FY 09 enacted level. The requested funding level for [...]

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 [...]

The Department of the Interior has released the official list of national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries around the country that will receive part of the $280 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to build visitors centers, improve infrastructure, and bolster conservation.
According to the recovery.doi.gov website, the money will go toward:

Youth [...]