As this blog previously reported (here and here), the Department of Homeland Security had requested permission to build permanent towers for the Secure Border Initiative Network on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona.
Today azcentral.com published an Associated Press story saying the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has made a final determination on [...]

On September 16, the Houston Chronicle reported that Tim Cooper, project leader for McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Texas, reported to the Associated Press that the tidal surge from Hurricane Ike had left a “sheen” of oil at the refuge. Cooper also reported that a smaller amount of oil had flowed into the nearby [...]

On August 24, this blog reported on the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to give preliminary approval to the Department of Homeland Security to build permanent towers for the Secure Border Initiative Network on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona.
In the press reports that circulated at that time, they seemed [...]

Back on August 20, media outlets were reporting that the Department of Homeland Security had given the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service only several days notice before requesting permission to build permanent towers for the Secure Border Initiative Network on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. The USFWS notified DHS that they had [...]

The August 17 Star-Telegram in Texas reports that higher gas prices haven’t hurt the attendance at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge — in fact attendance has gone up.

When the Texas heat erupted past 100 degrees, and gasoline spiked to $4 a gallon, Shaun Sanchez expected visitation at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, where he is manager, [...]

As this blog reported back on December 26, a lawsuit had been filed by the city of Dallas and the Texas Water Development Board to stop the establishment of the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge on the upper reaches of the Neches River in Texas.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service press release:

In [...]

In past blog posts, I’ve discussed the raging controversy that currently exists along the U.S./Mexico border where the Bush administration has waived countless federal laws in order to rush the construction of a poorly planned and largely ineffective border wall that is supposed to enhance our national security.
On June 27, the Texas Observer provided some [...]

As we’ve noted on Refuge Watch, the Bush administration — with power given to it by the former Republican-controlled Congress — is waiving numerous environmental and land use laws in order to rush the building of a border fence along the Mexico border, despite the recognized fact that the wall, as it is being built, [...]

Geologists and a graduate student recently discovered a 10 million year old fossil at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, which is located at the northern edge of the Chihuahuan desert, and straddles the Rio Grande, approximately 20 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service press release:

On February 22, [...]

On January 29, the Houston Chronicle reported on an inspiring conservation effort that involved computer-maker Dell Inc., online travel agency Travelocity, NBC Universal, and The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit environmental group. The four groups spearheaded an effort to plant 50,000 trees at Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, which is located in Liberty, Texas, 48 miles [...]