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 [...]