The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System and the National Conservation Training Center, and National Wildlife Refuge Association, is accepting applications from organizations interested in applying for a Nature of Learning grant. The Nature of Learning is the FWS National Wildlife Refuge [...]

The Times in Oregon recently featured a wonderful article on Jenna Mendenhall, a recent graduate of Oregon State University and an AmeriCorps member who is now working as the environmental education coordinator at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, which is south of Portland.
According to The Times:

At OSU, Mendenhall volunteered for a different wildlife refuge, [...]

KNDO/KNDU in Washington state is reporting that the McNary National Wildlife Refuge will have the public grand opening of its new headquarters and Environmental Education Center on October 10 from 8:30am to 2:00pm — which will coincide with the start of National Wildlife Refuge Week.
From KNDO/KNDU (visit the website for a short video report):

Project leader [...]

The National Wildlife Refuge System has published a new coloring book that helps introduce young people to the creatures and habitats of our nation’s wildlife refuges.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

The coloring book features eagles, caterpillars, ladybugs and birds, crocodiles and bison – all of whom find a home on a national wildlife [...]

The Oregonian recently offered an interesting look at historic homes that are located on national wildlife refuges throughout the country. Among the homes described are Native American plankhouses at Ridgefield NWR, near Ridgefield, Washington; a restored plantation house at Black Bayou Lake NWR, just north of Monroe, Louisiana; historic pioneer cabins at Kofa NWR in [...]

MLive.com in Michigan is reporting that the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge plans to spend $2 million in federal funding to improve their 7.5 mile auto tour — or wildlife drive. Improvements are predicted to bring in 30,000 more visitors to the refuge.
According to MLive.com

The improved road with observation decks will showcase “the wildlife spectacle that [...]

Today’s video offers an interesting look at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, which is an urban refuge that is located within sight of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The video opens by showing a reenactment of the Lenape Indians using the marsh; the Lenapes called the area “Tinicum” or “the islands in the marsh.” The video also provides [...]

A new report titled “Keeping Every Cog and Wheel: Reforming and Improving the National Wildlife Refuge System” has been released by the following groups: The Aldo Leopold Foundation, American Bird Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Wildlife Refuge Association, Trust for Public Land, and The Wilderness Society.
According to the report’s [...]

The call is going out to Refuge Friends groups — and any concerned citizens who are reading this — to urge their representatives and senators to fight for passage of the “No Child Left Inside Act” (H.R. 3060 and S. 1981).
The more well known “No Child Left Behind Act” (NCLB) has had the unfortunate [...]