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Celebrating Refuges, We Celebrate America

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By Jim Kurth, Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System

National wildlife refuges offer worlds to be explored.

Spanning more than 150 million acres, more than 550 units and 38 Wetland Management Districts, the Refuge System has every kind of ecosystem – …

“In the Spotlight” – Scientific Excellence Implementation Team

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The Scientific Excellence Implementation Team has been taking  steps toward  Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation that “we are committed to a culture of scientific excellence, adhering to the highest standards of integrity and transparency, and are …

Up on a Roof

CTF BLOG -- Rooftop Refuge RIGHT West Oak PO illo with garden (DC Carr-USFWS)

 

 

 

 

 

The West Oakland, CA, post office as it is today, left, and as the author imagines it with a rooftop refuge. (D.C. Carr/USFWS)

As South Bronx eco-entrepreneur Majora Carter was explaining her block-by-block green-the-ghetto philosophy …