National Wildlife Refuge System

News Releases

LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT MIDWEST WILDLIFE REFUGES

Pesticides and Genetically Engineered Crops on Refuge Lands Are Illegal and Damaging to the Environment

JUDGE ORDERS ERADICATION OF GE PLANTS ON WILDLIFE REFUGES

Three-Year Monitoring Period to Track, Destroy Any Germinating GE Plants

JUDGE HALTS GE CROPS ON SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE REFUGES

Separate Ruling Leaves Door Ajar for GE Crops on Midwestern Refuges for Now

NATIONAL POLICY ON TRIBAL AGREEMENTS REMAINS IN LIMBO

Draft Policy Conflicts with Past and Pending National Bison Range Funding Pacts

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES TO REGULATE OIL AND GAS DRILLING

Agency Acts on PEER Rulemaking Petition to Curb Damage of Energy Production

NEW PLAN FOR OUTSOURCING NATIONAL BISON RANGE TO TRIBE

Tribal Takeover Resembles Agreement Invalidated by Federal Court in 2010

GE CROPS ON SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE REFUGES HIT A SNAG

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Admits Need for Deeper Environmental Review

WHITE HOUSE SHIELDS INDUSTRY STRATEGY MEMO ON GE CROPS

White House Refuses to Reveal Scope of Partnership with Monsanto and Cohorts

PRICE NO OBJECT FOR FEDERAL REFUGE LAND PURCHASES

Consideration of Land Costs “Optimizes” Both Economic and Ecological Benefits

LAWSUIT TO HALT GE CROPS IN ALL MIDWEST REFUGES

Genetically Engineered Agriculture on 54 Refuges in 8 States Targeted as Illegal



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