As this blog reported on August 6, the National Park Service recently recommended running a major two-state electrical line through portions of the newly minted Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania. The suggestions for running the line through different parts of the refuge were among a larger group of alternative routes proposed by the [...]

The Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge contains more than 50 offshore islands and four coastal parcels, totaling more than 8,100 acres. The complex spans more than 250 miles of Maine coastline and includes five national wildlife refuges — Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.
Refuge islands provide habitat for common, [...]

In the Summer 2010 edition of the “Friends Forward” newsletter (pg. 4), Claire Goad, the president of the Friends of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in New York, states that the new visitor center and administrative complex at Wertheim NWR will feature a 5000-image, floor-to-ceiling photo mosaic of an osprey — a very popular raptor at [...]

The Pocono Record reports that the National Park Service has recommended running a major two-state electrical line through portions of the newly minted Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the Cherry Valley NWR in 2008 and recognized it as a unique area worthy of protection:

Cherry Valley National Wildlife [...]

Today’s image shows members of the Youth Conservation Corps removing invasive water chestnuts from Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.
Water chestnut is an aggressive invasive aquatic plant from Asia. One acre of water chestnut can produce enough seeds to cover 100 acres the following year. Their long spines are sharp enough to [...]

As a follow-up to the story on July 27, Protests Over Death of Freshwater Marsh at Prime Hook NWR, we want to report on a press release that was sent out late yesterday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Dune Restoration at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, which [...]

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 [...]

Pressure has been building to open Virginia’s Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge to the public, and right now the main pressure is coming from Virginia Rep. Gerald E. “Gerry” Connolly, D-11th, who seems to be unaware of the process that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must use before it opens a refuge that may be [...]

The Virginian-Pilot posted a story about Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Deputy Manager Kathryn Owens, who recently made a two-week trip to the Gulf of Mexico to assist with the BP oil spill. Ironically, when Owens was young, she was motivated to pursue a career in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because of the [...]

West Virginia’s Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge — the 500th refuge — is now accepting public comments on their draft comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and environmental assessment (EA).
A CCP is a 15-year strategic plan that guides management for all refuge programs. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed four alternative approaches for [...]

YNN Rochester reports on Sunday that a suspicous fire has burned approximately 700 acres at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in upstate New York:

The fire is on an island in the marshland and does not look to spread past the 700 acres already burned. The fire was concentrated in the cattails and marsh area of the [...]

Shore News Today recently published an article on New Jersey’s Friends of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, which are celebrating their one-year anniversary of supporting the refuge.

“Increasing public awareness of the importance of the Refuge to migratory birds and other wildlife is essential to its protection,” explained New Jersey Audubon Society biologist Christina Frank, who [...]