The Department of Interior has announced the creation of the Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Area in Kansas. This conservation unit will be a part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

Today, less than 4 percent of the once-vast tallgrass prairie remains; nearly 80 percent of what remains, lies within [...]

On October 26, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a public open house at 6:30 p.m. at the Colorado College Baca Conference Center to solicit concerns and issues for the Service to consider in a new environmental analysis of Lexam Explorations, Inc.’s proposal to explore natural gas or oil resources they own, underlying [...]

As this blog reported on September 30, a U.S. District Court recently rescinded the 2008 Annual Funding Agreement with the Confederated Salish Kootenai (CSKT) Tribe at the National Bison Range in response to two lawsuits aimed at returning management of the refuge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
But as KPAX.com reports, the Bison [...]

As this blog reported in previous posts (see April 8, 2009 and March 24, 2010), both the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Blue Goose Alliance had sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the Execution of the Annual Funding Agreement with the Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), which would have [...]

Chieftain.com is reporting that a settlement has been reached regarding the controversial drilling proposal at Baca National Wildlife Refuge, which is close to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. (see previous blog posts on Sept. 4, 2009, Feb. 17, 2009, and Dec. 7, 2008).
The San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council and San Luis Valley [...]

The Missoulian in Montana is reporting that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge has abruptly ended its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge organization.
The volunteer group, which has donated numerous hours and over $100,000 to the refuge, said they were blindsided by the decision [...]

The Missoulian is reporting that the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior has agreed to investigate complaints filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) regarding the management of the National Bison Range, which is in Montana and is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
PEER has long objected to the involvement of [...]

The Salt Lake Tribune ran an article about Ted Steinke, the winner of the 2009 Refuge Photo Contest run by the National Wildlife Refuge Association.
Ted Steinke won with an amazing photo of two northern harriers competing for a dead duck at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in northern Utah.
In the Salt Lake Tribune article, [...]

The excellent blog National Parks Traveler has posted an interesting entry regarding the recent ruling by a U.S. district court judge that stopped drilling at Colorado’s Baca National Wildlife Refuge (near Great Sand Dunes National Park) because the judge said environmental groups gave compelling evidence that drilling would cause harm to the refuge (see Refuge [...]

The Associated Press is reporting that a federal judge has blocked exploratory oil and gas drilling at Baca National Wildlife Refuge, which is close to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.
U.S. District Court Judge Walker Miller stated that environmental groups gave compelling evidence that drilling would cause harm to the refuge.
This blog [...]

According to the Little Chicago Review in Fontenelle, Wyoming, the Army Corps of Engineers recently held hearings to get input from the public about a water development proposal by Aaron Million, who is an entrepreneur from Colorado.
From the Review:

The proposal, which would call for the development of a pipeline from southwest Wyoming to the [...]

On January 13, 2009, this blog reported on the nonprofit Blue Goose Alliance threatening legal action regarding the Execution of the Annual Funding Agreement with the Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), which will lead to the tribes taking over much of the management at the National Bison Range Complex in Montana.
As a follow-up to [...]