This past June at Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (CMR) in Montana, I took our fire crew on a “staff ride,” a training technique that is relatively new to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The field-trip-technique is a …
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“Staff Rides” Provide Great Training
25th Anniversary of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
Mission: To efficiently achieve voluntary habitat restoration on private lands, through financial and technical assistance, for the benefit of federal trust species.
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (Program) was officially established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service …
Let’s Connect Locally With College Students
As Conserving the Future implementation teams consider how to attract larger audiences to national wildlife refuges and the mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, I recommend those teams encourage individual refuges to connect directly with undergraduate college students.…
“In the Spotlight” – Community Partnerships Implementation Team
We Get By With a Little Help from our Friends…
Actually, it’s more than just a little help. In fact, in 2011 alone, almost 42,000 volunteers contributed over 1.5 million hours of time to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife …
