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As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in ...
Tour the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa and see animals such as bison and elk and ... 2024 at 3:39 AM ... Over 75% of the US expected to face freezing temps this week as rare winter ...
National Green Week: First week in February every year in the United States National Wildlife Week [185] National Dark-Sky Week: Week of new moon in April Bike to Work Week Victoria: National Pollinator Week [186] Third Week in June Mosquito Awareness Week: June 22–28 [187] Plastic Free July [188] July 1–31 National Clean Beaches Week ...
The mission of the refuge system is "To administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of the present and future generations of Americans" (National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997).
The Wyoming Toad Conservation Area and the Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee are the result of “decades-long, locally led efforts to conserve habitat for species while ...
Drilling in the ANWR, the largest national wildlife refuge, was off-limits for decades and the subject of fierce political fights between environmentalists and Alaska's political leaders, who have ...
Campaign for designating the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, and surrounding lands including the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, as a national park & preserve along the Ocmulgee River south of Macon, Georgia. [59] U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock introduced legislation for the creation of the park in 2024. [60]
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization that works to conserve American wildlife by strengthening and expanding the 150-million-acre (610,000 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge System managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.