The Island Sun reports that the final touches are being put on a documentary about conservation legend J.N. “Ding” Darling.

After extensive travel and research over the several years, conducting interviews and scouring through archived treasures and special collections, Marvo Entertainment Group LLC is preparing to release a 60-minute documentary – entitled “America’s Darling” – this [...]

The U.S. Department of Interior announced the first donation of land for the new Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge in southern Florida.
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As part of President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today accepted the first donation of land in south-central Florida to officially establish the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge [...]

The Post and Courier reports that thanks to the DuPre family and the Nature Conservancy, an important piece of land will be protected between Cape Romain NWR and the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina.

“It’s a special place,” said John DuPre, a forester and part-owner…
At 785 acres, it’s 142 acres larger than James Island [...]

Tallahassee.com reports that the Operation Migration pilots are being allowed to continue assisting endangered whooping cranes as they migrate south.
As this blog reported on January 6, the FAA had grounded the migration operation in Alabama while the federal agency looked into whether the pilots were flying for hire or for the benefit of a [...]

The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Federal Aviation Administration has grounded the pilots with Operation Migration — the volunteers who help train endangered whooping cranes to migrate annually from Wisconsin to Florida, specifically St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Florida Panhandle and the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge.

Sakrison reported that the FAA issue concerns [...]

The Washington Post reports that both the House and Senate have approved a bill that will rename the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Hamilton was director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service when he died of a sudden heart attack in early 2010 while [...]

The Center for Biological Diversity has sent a notice of intent to sue to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act regarding logging of endangered red-cockaded woodpecker habitat on the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi.
According to CBD:

The Fish and Wildlife Service prepared a “comprehensive conservation plan” for the refuge [...]

HamptonRoads.com is reporting that Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in the Outer Banks of North Carolina is open again after authorities finished building a temporary bridge that spans an inlet created by Hurricane Irene.

The wildlife refuge reopens in time for fall migration and Wings Over Water, an annual event that includes nearly 100 field trips [...]

SunSentinel.com reports that a federal judge has determined that Florida is not adequately reducing the level of phosphorus in stormwater runoff, which is entering the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern part of the Everglades.
Officials from the South Florida Water Management District, as well as Earthjustice and other environmental groups, were pleased with the [...]

The Island Free Press in North Carolina is reporting that the Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, have filed suit to stop the Bonner Bridge replacement at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
As this blog reported on December 20, [...]

The “Ding on the Wing” newsletter of the Ding Darling Wildlife Society recently announced the creation of the iNature Trail at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.
From the Ding Darling Wildlife Society:
Designed to appeal to the next generation’s techie side and get them outside, the Refuge iNature Trail along Wildlife Drive has [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently posted a photo of the pad fire that occurred at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida, while the space shuttle Atlantis was getting ready to be rolled out to the launch pad. According to the USFWS:

The Pad Fire was started by a lightning strike on the Merritt [...]