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Filling in the Gaps Smartly
The Conserving the Future vision calls for development of a new policy on the growth of the Refuge System. With limited financial resources, where and for what purpose do we acquire additional refuge lands that provide the greatest benefit to wildlife and people?
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Invasives on the Run
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation recently awarded 24 new grants to help local communities control infestations of invasive or noxious weeds. At least five national wildlife refuges will benefit.
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Summer Jobs for Youth
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the country’s 556 national wildlife refuges, hopes to hire more than 2,300 young people this summer, as it did in 2011. Apply now to work on a national wildlife refuge or other public land.
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Refuge Named for Sam Hamilton
President Obama signed legislation to change the name of Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, MS, to the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, in honor of the late director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On almost the same day, a manatee named for Sam Hamilton was released to the wild at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, FL.
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Refuge Notebook Brings Natural Science to Life
Every week for 13 years, staff at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska have been giving science writing a good name in a local newspaper column called Kenai Refuge Notebook.
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