National Wildlife Refuge System

News Releases

ALASKAN REFUGE MOOSE HUNTING CABIN DRAWS SCRUTINY

Phony Claim of Scientific Research Masks Violations to Benefit Manager’s Cronies

BIG BOW FISHING TOURNEY ON MISSISSIPPI LEAVES DISTURBED WAKE

“Airboat Extreme” Event Unauthorized on Refuge; Spawns Waves of Complaints

MANATEE HARASSMENT RAMPANT ON REFUGES

“Out-of-Hand” Disturbances, Enforcement Overwhelmed, Visitor Education Failing

COURT DISAPPROVES NEONIC PESTICIDES ON WILDLIFE REFUGES

Final Suit Rooting Genetically Engineered Crops and Related Practices from Refuges

NEW BISON RANGE-TRIBAL PACT VULNERABLE TO LEGAL CHALLENGE

Latest Version Does Not Cure Earlier Violations While New Creating Ones

REFUGES TO BAN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS AND NEONICS

Phase-Out May End Decade-Long Legal Battle Over Agriculture On Refuges

NEW BISON RANGE TRIBAL AGREEMENT REPEATS SAME OLD MISTAKES

Employee Comments Detail Why New Agreement Will Work to Refuge Detriment

REFUGE OIL & GAS DRILLING REGULATIONS ON VERY SLOW TRACK

After Years, Fish & Wildlife Service Still Unprepared to Propose Specific Safeguards

REFUGE SYSTEM GROWTH PLAN MARRED BY BLIND SPOTS

Sea-Level Rise and Per-Acre Price Not Factored into Land Acquisition Formula

GE CROP BAN DID NOT CRIMP REFUGE AGRICULTURE

Nearly Same Acreage Planted; Some Farmers Switched to Less Damaging Crops



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