National Wildlife Refuge System

News Releases

FATE OF BISON RANGE IN INTERIOR SECRETARY ZINKE’S HANDS

Lawsuit to Block Transfer at Critical Stage as Refuge Withers on Starvation Diet

MALHEUR SIEGE STILL SHADOWS RANGE AND REFUGES

Survey Reflects Federal Land Management Workers’ Growing Safety Worries

TRUMP HIRING FREEZE HAMSTRINGS HIS OWN AGENDA

Energy and Other Initiatives Require More People in Staff-Starved Agencies

LAST MINUTE MANEUVER ON BISON RANGE GIVEAWAY A LONG SHOT

PEER Suit Blocking Transfer Bolstered by Reversal and Tacit Admission of Fault

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE DISAVOWS BISON RANGE TRANSFER PROPOSAL

Retreat Is Attempted Defense for Illegal Promulgation of Refuge Give-Away Plan

MORE THAN HALF OF WILDLIFE REFUGES LACK OWN MANAGER

Malheur Refuge Still Closed as Refuge System Is Hollowed Out from Within

TRIBAL BISON RANGE PLAN LEAVES MANY UNCERTAINTIES

Refuge Mission, Public Access and Fate of Bison Herd Placed at Tribal Discretion

LAWSUIT TACKLES NATIONAL BISON RANGE GIVE-AWAY LEGISLATION

Agency Failed to Conduct Mandatory Environmental Analysis when Submitting Bills

MOVE TO CEDE CROWN JEWEL REFUGE TO TRIBE

Impasse on National Bison Range Partnership Agreement Spurs Handover Scenario

OREGON REFUGE STANDOFF LATEST EXTREMIST JIHAD

Federal Inaction for 19 Months on Bundy Spawns More Militia Confrontations



Surveys
2007  Refuge Managers Survey

2001  Refuge Managers Survey

1999  Refuge Managers of the National Wildlife Refuge System Survey

1998  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge Managers Survey

1997  National Wildlife Refuge Survey

Other PEER Activities
PEER Letter to Senator Burns about the transfer of National Bison Range management

PEER Report: America’s Ten Most Imperiled Refuges 2008