Several national wildlife refuges (and related lands) currently have Bald Eagle Cams that will be beaming live images of eaglets now that nesting season is upon us. Blackwater National Wildlife in Maryland has two eggs in their Eagle Cam nest, which sits 80 feet up in a loblolly pine tree at the refuge.
The National Conservation [...]

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. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that for the second time in recorded history an endangered short-tailed albatross chick has hatched at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The chick hatched Jan 12, just hours after oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and marine life artist Wyland visited the nest. [...]

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 San Francisco Chronicle reports that a falcated duck, which is a nomadic teal from Asia or perhaps Russia, has been causing quite a stir at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, which is part of the Sacramento NWR Complex in California.

The falcated duck has captured the affections of thousands who have made the trip to [...]

The Thief River Falls Times reports that Maggie Anderson has retired as manager of the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota after 16 years as manager and after 38 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
According to the article, prior to her time at Agassiz NWR, she was refuge manager at Petit Manan NWR [...]

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 [...]

Numerous media and bird-watching sources report that many areas are experiencing a snowy owl invasion this winter. The Washington Post reports:

It’s typical for snowy owls to arrive in the U.S. every three or four winters, but this year’s irruption is widespread, with birders from the Pacific Northwest to New England reporting frequent sightings of the [...]

On Capitol Hill these days there seems to be a fever that is pushing politicians to call for more and more budget cuts — often without even knowing the impact of the cuts — and that has led land agencies to look for other forms of funding, such as raising entrance fees.
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge [...]

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 Boston Globe reports that Matt Poole, visitor services manager at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, is creating a volunteer master naturalist program to grow the refuge’s education and interpretive programs.
Poole says that they’ve already filled most of the 20 openings in the yearlong training program. Volunteers will spend one Saturday a month [...]