The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission study some pretty strange wildlife. Alligator snapping turtles are the largest freshwater turtles in the world and researchers Kevin Enge and Travis Thomas are […]

Cedar Key National Wildlife Refuge is made up of several small islands, most of which are closed to the public for protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat. The fishing around these islands is phenomenal, and […]

Bob Hudson is a Friend of the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. Friends organizations are crucial to the mission of the Refuge System and essential in helping millions of Americans understand that their […]

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is located in the heart of Lowcountry, a band of low land between South Carolina and Georgia, and one of seven refuges administered within the Savannah Coastal Refuge Complex.  […]

Talk about opportunistic wildlife watching! A great horned owl basically fell out of one of the angel oaks as we explored the grounds at Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge. The magnificent <a href="http://www.fws.gov/acebasin/house.html&quot; […]

Lake Marion – Santee National Wildlife Refuge“Here Kitty Kitty Kitty…” is how you call for a Catfish. Unfortunately for our crew, the cats were in no mood to play on Friday. While filming on Santee National […]

Santee National Wildlife Refuge, located in Clarendon Co, South Carolina, is like a lot of refuges: a hidden gem. Santee is close to I-95, but when you pull into the parking lot there is a sense of calm […]

The common catch phrase, “that’s why it’s called fishing, not catching”, was thrown around on the boat today. Jim Yergin and John Kooper were our hosts on the 28 foot skiff and we couldn’t have asked for better […]

The Atlantic blue crab is a species native to waters around Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge and an important cultural, economical, and perhaps most importantly, a culinary resource to the local area. On […]

YCC – what does it stand for?

This morning was about capturing what we didn’t get the day before. Our time on the surf was a success but we still needed to complete the story. Fish releases and sounds […]

At the Conserving the Future Vision Conference two years ago Dewitt Jones urged us all to embrace the words, “carpe diem,” or “seize the day”, every day of our lives. Part of this campaign we are embarking on […]

Today was a washout.  Emergency Alert: Flash Flood Warning this area til 6:00 AM EDT. Avoid flood area. Check local media buzzed at 3:00 AM. By 6:30 AM, the team was texting about whether or not to go test our […]

I asked this to colleagues in Refuge Management Academy and this was their response: “Coming up with innovative ways to do our job,” “New Audiences,” “Change,” “Managing for future conditions,” “Partnerships,” “<em style="font-size: […]