• ThumbnailThe 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 […]

  • ThumbnailCedar 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 […]

  • ThumbnailBob 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 […]

  • ThumbnailSavannah 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.  […]

  • Anna wrote a new post, What a Hoot! 2 months ago

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    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; […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

  • ThumbnailThe 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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

  • ThumbnailI 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: […]

  • Anna posted an update in the group Group logo of FriendsFriends 6 months, 2 weeks ago

    We have a Friends Committee who reviews the draft Conserving the Future products. The group meets about once every two months, in the evenings, for an engaging dialogue. If you’re interested in joining, post a comment!

  • Anna posted an update in the group Group logo of FriendsFriends 6 months, 2 weeks ago

    Thanks to everyone who commented on the Draft Strategic Plan. During the comment period, the Community Partnerships implementation team received a total of 164 comments from 24 reviewers on their draft strategic plan. Some were small errors, catch by careful review of the plan. Other suggestions included potential changes to the strategies, of…[Read more]

  • Thanks to everyone who commented on the Draft Strategic Plan. During the comment period, the Community Partnerships implementation team received a total of 164 comments from 24 reviewers on their draft strategic plan. Some were small errors, catch by careful review of the plan. Other suggestions included potential changes to the strategies, of…[Read more]

  • Only two more days to provide comments on the Strategic Plan.
    If you’ve finished reading it, check out the next product, a Friends Mentor Action Plan filled with new ways to re-engineer the Friends mentoring program.

  • Anna posted a new activity comment 7 months, 3 weeks ago

    In reply to: J David posted an update in the group Communications (Recommendations 14, 15) I am still reading the communications document, but one thing I havent seen so far is any outreach or plan to involve area secondary […] View

    J- some of your thoughts are being addressed by the environmental education implementation team- stay tuned, their draft strategies will be available soon-
    And for the Scouts, the Service has a scout coordinator. I will pass along your thoughts to see how well we are coordinating efforts between Refuges and our Scout programs.
    Anna
    Vision…[Read more]

  • How do Friends feel about the 4 BOLD goals laid out in the Strategic Plan?
    1) Increase volunteer management capacity at field stations;
    2) Connect with and engage more of and a wider cross section of the American public;
    3) Encourage and support active and vibrant Friends partnerships; and
    4) Encourage and support other active and vibrant…[Read more]

  • Kudos to the team for all their work on the two draft products!

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