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Help Us Celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week Oct. 10-17 |
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More than 40 million people annually
visit America's 544 national wildlife refuges - and for a very good reason:
The National Wildlife Refuge System offers close-to-home wildlife-dependent
recreation that is second to none. Refuges across the country will be hosting
special events in celebration of refuge week October 10-17. With a wildlife
refuge in every state, people in major metropolitan areas can find unsurpassed
chances to hunt, fish, photograph and see wildlife within an easy drive of
their homes, during refuge week and throughout the year. |
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DVD Tour of National Wildlife Refuges Now Available |
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From
the wilderness of Alaska's Kenai peninsula to the deep tropical forests
of the Caribbean, "America's Wildest Places" takes you on an
armchair tour of the gems of the National Wildlife Refuge System, where
wildlife comes first. Our country's wildlife refuges are now yours with
volume one in the series, "America's Wildest Places/A Video Tour
of Eight National Wildlife Refuges." A
Message from Director Steve Williams on National Wildlife Refuge Week
Oct. 10-17 |
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United States Reauthorizes North American Waterfowl Management Plan |
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Interior
Secretary Gale Norton reaffirmed the United States' commitment to international
waterfowl conservation efforts by signing an update to the North American Waterfowl
Management Plan. The plan is a public-private approach to manage waterfowl in
Canada, Mexico and the United States. Partners have invested more than $2.2
billion to protect, restore or enhance more than 8 million acres of habitat
in the plan's history. News Release |
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Secretary Gale Norton signing updated NWAMP, credit USFWS. | ||||||||||
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2004 Duck Stamp Winner Announced |
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South
Dakota Artist Mark Anderson won the annual Duck Stamp Competition with his
acrylic rendering of two hooded mergansers. Jim Hautman took second place
with a wood duck acrylic. Don Moore came in third with a hooded merganser
acrylic. News Release Learn more |
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