The Nevada Appeal reports that refuge managers want wild horses at Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada — animals they describe as “exotic invasive species” — to be gone within five years.

The refuge was established decades ago to protect species including pronghorn antelope. But, according to Paul Steblein, project leader at the refuge, wild horses [...]

The Kapio Newspress recently reported on a group of 17 students who visited Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on the Big Island and learned about the refuge while also restoring native plants.

Blaine Shimabukuro, 22, went on the trip for the second time. He said that after last year’s trip in November, the ecology club [...]

The Statesman-Journal recently reported on the upcoming Pacific City Birding and Blues Festival in Oregon on April 9-11, which relies on the popularity of the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge to draw in the visitors.

“The festival was founded by a group of local Pacific City residents that really just loved the outdoors, loved birding, [...]

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 [...]