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“Restoring America’s Wildlife Refuges 2011: Assets for All Americans”
This week the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) issued a press release and a report which warns that unless Congress provides adequate funding for the Refuge System, the economic...
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Video Monday: CNN Highlights GOP Attack on Refuge System Budget
CNN Money recently posted a video highlighting the budget attack that the House GOP has mounted against the National Wildlife Refuge System in their current appropriations bill. If enacted, H.R. 2584...
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4th Anniversary of Refuge Watch
Today is the 4th anniversary of the founding of this blog — Refuge Watch. The National Wildlife Refuge System has never faced threats to its existence and its health as great as it does now. The Refuge...
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Land and Water Conservation Fund Under Attack from Republicans
The Washington Post recently ran an article titled, “Land and Water Conservation Fund under attack from Republicans in Congress,” which highlights the recent aggressive efforts by Republicans to...
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Economists & Academics Tell Obama to Protect Land & Water Conservation Fund
From the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition: DC—In a letter to President Obama, more than 100 economists and academics in related disciplines today issued a strong call for the President to...
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Congress Cuts Refuge System Budget for FY12
The National Wildlife Refuge Association has posted the latest news on the ongoing budget wars in Congress: Nearly a quarter of the way through the fiscal year, Congress at last passed a spending bill...
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Tough Budget Times — Sacramento NWR Entrance Fee Doubles
On Capitol Hill these days there seems to be a fever that is pushing politicians to call for more and more budget cuts — often without even knowing the impact of the cuts — and that has led land...
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Wildlife About to Fall Off the “Fiscal Cliff”
The Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) is a national coalition of 22 wildlife, sporting, conservation, and scientific organizations. Together, these organizations represent a national...
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Sequestration and the National Wildlife Refuge System
Much of the media is reporting that the effects of the sequestration are slow to unfold, but make no mistake that the longer Congress keeps the sequester in place, the more painful it will be for our...
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USFWS Funding to States Hit by Sequester
The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel recently reported that while the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just issued a record $882 million to states this year for fish, wildlife and recreation...
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Sequester Brings Cuts to Guam NWR
The Pacific News Center reports that due to sequester cuts, the Guam National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center will now be closed Monday through Friday, beginning May 1. Access to the Refuge’s...
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Bill Supports Continuation of Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Program
The Courier Post reports that Rep. Jon Runyan, R-N.J. and other congressional representatives have been promoting a bill that would allow the volunteer program in the National Wildlife Refuge System to...
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