In honor of Election Day and the important voting that took place this week by so many American citizens, I’m posting a special photo of our national bird — the American bald eagle. If you look closely at this wonderful image, you can see the eagle’s nictitating membrane — or third eyelid — being drawn [...]

One of the many species that national wildlife refuges protect are monarch butterflies, which are rapidly losing habitat in Mexico where logging is threatening the very places where monarchs go to find protection throughout the winter.
As the National Geographic explains:

Each fall, monarchs leave milkweed fields all over eastern Canada and the United States to fly [...]

On August 8, supporters, staff and friends will be celebrating a century of conservation in the Klamath Basin. Today’s date is one hundred years to the day that Theodore Roosevelt established Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge by Executive Order.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Klamath NWR (on the California-Oregon border) was the [...]

National Fishing and Boating Week is June 1 - 8. During this celebration, most states waive fishing license requirements for one or two days during the week, and more than 270 national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts offer a variety of fishing opportunities throughout the country.
Check out the USFWS press release for National [...]

In honor of International Migratory Bird Day, which is on May 10, I’m offering a photo of the amazing Arctic tern, which migrates farther than any bird on the planet.
According to the National Wildlife Federation, the Arctic tern makes a 22,000-30,000 mile journey to and from the Antarctic, which takes the bird 90 days each [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that Danny Moss, who is the assistant refuge manager of Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, was recently seen celebrating the Refuge System’s 105th anniversary — in Iraq.
Danny is with the U.S. Naval Reserve in Iraq and flew the Refuge System’s Blue Goose flag on March 14 at [...]

Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, which is 20 miles south of Valentine, Nebraska, was established in 1935 to protect the sand dunes and their wild residents. The 71,516-acre refuge was purchased with Federal Duck Stamp funds and is part of the largest remaining tract of mid and tall grass prairie in North America. In 1976, the [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that a white fungus may have contributed to the deaths of some 8,000-10,000 bats in upstate New York last year, and once again this year, biologists are seeing the fungus on hibernating bats in New York and Vermont.
The Indiana bat, which is an endangered species, is one of [...]

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Sebastian, Florida was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, making it the very first national wildlife refuge.
In honor of the Refuge System Centennial Celebration in 2003, a Centennial Trail was built at Pelican Island NWR. The trail features a long boardwalk with planks for every refuge in [...]

At the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, sleigh rides are offered from mid December to late March. The rides are provided by Double H Bar, Inc. and offer visitors a chance to see not only thousands of elk but also eagles, bison, wolves, deer, badgers, ducks, geese, and trumpeter swans.
For more information, visit the [...]