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Archive for February, 2011 ↓

A Refuge “Vision” for Our Children and Grandchildren

As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partners draw up a new vision for the National Wildlife Refuge System for the next decade and beyond, it is also a good time to celebrate the past. National Wildlife Federation applauds …

What’s Next?

February 24 is a milestone for the Refuge System. Today is the day when the single, cohesive Conserving the Future draft vision is available on this website for everyone – Refuge Friends, partners, employees and the general public – to …

Lessons for a Lifetime

Among the Refuge System’s Guiding Principles – the core values that are ever relevant – is a key concept: “We are land stewards, guided by the teachings of Aldo Leopold that land is a community of life and that love …

The Hunter’s Role in the National Wildlife Refuge System

The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) is the world’s most effective network of public lands and waters created to manage and conserve fish and wildlife.

The National Rifle Association believes that the NWRS must expand upon its longstanding partnership with …

A Vision Beyond Wildlife Refuge Boundaries

At the turn of the 20th century, when President Teddy Roosevelt created the very first national wildlife refuge on Florida’s Pelican Island, establishing a refuge was all about protecting a discrete geographic place and the resources within its boundaries.…