Several national wildlife refuges (and related lands) currently have Bald Eagle Cams that will be beaming live images of eaglets now that nesting season is upon us. Blackwater National Wildlife in Maryland has two eggs in their Eagle Cam nest, which sits 80 feet up in a loblolly pine tree at the refuge.
The National Conservation [...]

The Boston Globe reports that Matt Poole, visitor services manager at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, is creating a volunteer master naturalist program to grow the refuge’s education and interpretive programs.
Poole says that they’ve already filled most of the 20 openings in the yearlong training program. Volunteers will spend one Saturday a month [...]

As this blog has reported in the recent past, there is a great deal of controversy at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed plans to move beach access and parking at the refuge in response to the impact of erosion and sea-level rise. The USFWS has posted [...]

The Nature Conservancy recently announced a transfer of land to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that includes 56 acres in Old Lyme, Connecticut that were once part of the estate of acclaimed naturalist, ornithologist and author Roger Tory Peterson. The land will become part of Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge:

“When [...]

The Conservation Fund and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have announced the addition of 325 acres to Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia.

It connects two areas of the Refuge, securing a significant ecological corridor with the Monongahela National Forest and establishing a critical link in the Heart of the Highlands Trail.
Identified by [...]

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, which is located on the southern end of Assateague Island in Virginia and which is part of a popular beach community, is in the process of writing their Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), which is required of each refuge in the nation.
The difference for Chincoteague is that some of the CCP [...]

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 Portland Press Herald is reporting that a 97-acre parcel of conservation land — slated for addition to the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Maine — could be lost if officials and conservationists can’t raise the remaining $1.6 million needed to acquire the land.

The Ewing family, which owns the 110 acres of land known [...]

In celebration of National Fishing and Boating Week, many refuges held their own fishing derbies. In this photo, kids enjoy fishing at the Northeast Regional Headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Hadley, Massachusetts.

WIVB.com in New York reports that vandals struck the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, removing ten interpretive panels, overturning a bench and port-a-jobs, and removing signs in a parking lot. The damage was estimated at $15,000.
The Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge have offered a reward of $500 for information leading to an arrest and conviction [...]

The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey has a new Visitor Information Center, which just had its official opening on Saturday. The beautiful $1.2 million structure replaces a 28-year-old building, and it will be staffed by volunteers with the Friends of Forsythe.
The Forsythe NWR consists of more than 47,000 acres of southern [...]

At this time of year, many coastal refuges around the country are witnessing the return of their ospreys. Many ospreys in the U.S. spend their winters down south (in Central and South America) and return north for the breeding season.
This photo shows an osprey chick at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Chicks [...]