The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just posted a video about the problem of sea level rise at Bulls Island, which is a barrier island at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina. Over the past several years, staff at Bulls Island have seen the beach disappear before their eyes at an alarming rate, [...]

On July 23, CapeGazette.com reported on the efforts of Delaware resident Melanie Hoff, who has taken on the task of publicizing the death of the freshwater marsh at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware.

The change in the refuge near her home inspired Hoff to produce “Death of a Marsh,” a video she uploaded to [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has posted an interesting video that looks at the impact of climate change on the National Wildlife Refuge System and what biologists and refuge managers are doing to prepare for the challenges of a changing environment.

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National Wildlife Refuge System, climate change, US Fish and Wildlife Service

The Epoch Times recently reported on The Conservation Fund’s goal of raising $100,000 by April 22 to plant 10,000 more trees in wildlife refuges. To raise awareness, The Conservation Fund has released a micro-documentary about their Go Zero® carbon offset campaign, which has the tagline of “Plant a Tree. Trap a Ton. Go Zero.”
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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 [...]

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) [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a proposed strategic plan that will guide the agency’s efforts to respond to the threats posed by climate change.
According to the USFWS:

The Service plan outlines a number of commitments intended to reshape the face of conservation and enable the agency to play a leading role [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge Association and almost 110 refuge Friends volunteer organizations across the country are urging the Senate to pass climate change legislation that would reduce greenhouse gasses and dedicate a portion of the future revenue collected to aid wildlife in adapting to climate change.
From the press release:

“Climate change represents the greatest threat to [...]

The National Parks Conservation Association has published a new report on the impact of climate change on wildlife. According to the NPCA report, we can safeguard wildlife from climate change if we take the following steps:

Stop contributing to climate change
Reduce and eliminate existing harms that make wildlife more vulnerable to climate change
Give wildlife freedom to [...]

In today’s featured video, the conservation staff at Ducks Unlimited discuss the impact of climate change on waterfowl protection. Also in the video, the DU staff discuss how they are working on methods of dealing with changing sea levels and how they’re reaching out to the agricultural community to find ways to compensate for habitat [...]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has just released their report “America’s Most Imperiled Refuges 2009: Ten of the Most Vulnerable National Wildlife Refuges.”
According to PEER’s press release:

National Wildlife Refuges are already feeling the effects of climate change as well as negative side-effects of attempts to counter that change from wind farms and other [...]

Recently the New York Times published an excellent article on how Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina is attempting to deal with sea-level rise and the eventual destruction of much of the refuge.
In the article, “Arranging a slow farewell to a coastal wildlife refuge,” the Times reports:

What made the peninsula the ideal place [...]