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 [...]

The new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently made some of his first public comments since assuming his new position. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Director Dan Ashe, who was attending the Outdoor Writers Association of America Conference at Snowbird, expressed concerns over the budget cutting proposals put forth by House [...]

The Wisconsin State Journal proudly proclaimed in its paper that the National Wildlife Refuge System will be holding its “Vision Conference” in Madison, Wisconsin this coming week.

Hundreds of professional and citizen conservationists will be in Madison next week to help finalize a new vision for the country’s 553 national wildlife refuges.
The refuge system holds a [...]

Dan Ashe has been confirmed as the 16th Director the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency Ashe has served in for more than 15 years.
Ashe was nominated on December 3, 2010, but Republicans upheld his confirmation as they attempted to use his position as a pawn in their battles over deepwater drilling permits in [...]

As this blog reported on May 31, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of producing a required conservation plan for Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho, but early signs that the Service might restrict recreational activities had local politicians calling for the refuge to be stripped of federal control.
Now Idaho’s [...]

As this blog reported on April 14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been in the process of producing a required conservation plan for Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho, but early signs that the Service might restrict recreational activities had local politicians calling for the refuge to be stripped of federal control.
As [...]

Republican senators continue to uphold the nomination of long-time U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee Dan Ashe to become director of the Service — which has been without a designated leader since February 2010, when former director Sam Hamilton had a fatal heart attack while skiing.
Despite widespread support for Dan Ashe, Republican Senators David Vitter [...]

May 27, 2011 is the 104th birthday of Rachel Carson, the author of the groundbreaking “Silent Spring.” In addition to being an accomplished environmental author and mother of the modern environmental movement, Carson was also a long-time employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she authored several publications on national wildlife refuges in [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has posted new issues of their “Refuge Update” and “Friends Forward” newsletters, which offer interesting articles about the National Wildlife Refuge System and Friends groups that help support the mission of our national wildlife refuges.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has set up a website to provide information regarding the floods and fires that are plaguing national wildlife refuges in the South.
The USFWS reports that “in the Mississippi Valley, 27 refuges in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee are either flooded or soon will be. A major concern [...]

For anyone who has spent time looking at the USFWS Digital Library, you know the name Dave Menke, thanks to his many beautiful photographs in the public domain — such as the photo of bald eaglets below.
The Herald and News reports that Dave Menke has passed away at 64.

Menke, 64, had worked the past [...]

April 22 is your last chance to submit comments to the draft vision document that will guide the future of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Visit the Conserving the Future website to submit your comments and to add your thoughts regarding the wonderful ideas that have already been submitted by conservationists, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [...]