The New York Times reports that the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, and Marianas Trench National Monument – which were created by former President Bush and given to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Refuge System — are being neglected.
The islands’ leaders said the reserve [...]

Hawaii News Now reports that Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) has announced a deal whereby the James Campbell Company will sell valuable North Shore land (1,100 acres at $22 million) to the federal government to be protected as part of the currently 160-acre James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. The land includes two miles of pristine coastline [...]

The Metro Santa Cruz newspaper is reporting that paint chips from an old Navy base on the Midway Islands is causing the deaths of thousands of threatened Laysan albatross chicks, who are dying of lead poisoning. UC–Santa Cruz assistant researcher Myra Finkelstein did a study that provided evidence that paint chips from an abandoned U.S. [...]

The Idaho Press-Tribune is reporting that the Friends of Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge are in need of donations of bird seed to help them continue to feed the birds this winter at the refuge.

Organizers need donations of bird feed and funds to purchase seed, hundreds of pounds of which is used to attract [...]

The Spokesman-Review reports that a trumpeter swan — a protected species in the state of Washington — was shot in a non-hunting-related incident, and local wildlife officials were forced to euthanize the bird. Local birders are concerned that they might know which bird it was:

Heavy on the minds of area birders is the possibility the [...]

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 Idaho Statesman is reporting that the Idaho Fish and Game Commission has approved a five-year plan to kill and haze American white pelicans at the Blackfoot Reservoir and Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge to supposedly protect Yellowstone cutthroat trout populations.
From the Idaho Statesman:

Fish and Game spokeswoman Jennifer Jackson said the agency already has a permit [...]

According to the Department of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has expanded the National Wildlife Refuge System by 54 million acres, or 58 percent, by assigning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the responsibility for overall management of the three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean designated by President Bush [...]

President George W. Bush recently used the 1906 Antiquities Act to declare three large sections in the Pacific as national monuments. These designations benefit several important areas that are part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
From the report by CNN:

The sites, designated in three regions of the central Pacific, will make up the largest expanse [...]

Back in December 2007, this blog reported on the new Wildlife Center that was scheduled to open in March 2008 at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, which is located on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.
On April 17, The Oregonian printed a report from Norman Penner — president of the refuge support group called Friends of [...]

The U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reported that the most highly endangered duck species — the Laysan duck or Laysan teal — is making a comeback on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, which is near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago.
According to the USGS:

In 2004 and 2005, 42 wild, [...]