Mōlī (Laysan albatross) fledgling is ready for takeoff… Captured in slow-mo by USFWS biologist & volunteer Dan Rapp. #Birds youtu.be/m7GJu9blzuo

Mōlī (Laysan albatross) Practices Flying with a Fabulous Hairdo!

YouTube video by Friends of Midway Atoll NWR

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🚨 ADVOCACY ALERT ✉️ National wildlife refuges are being asked to do more with less. Please urge Congress to support $761 million for the National Wildlife Refuge System in FY2027 Take action ⬇️ act.refugeassociation.org/a/fy27-refug...

Tell Congress: Fund the National Wildlife Refuge System in FY2027

Please send a message to your members of Congress today and urge them to support $761 million for the National Wildlife Refuge System in FY2027.

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Nominations are now open for the 2026 National Wildlife Refuge Awards. Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized? Submit a nomination today. 🗓 Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026 www.refugeassociation.org/nominations-... #NationalWildlifeRefugeAwards #Wildlife #Conservation #WildlifeRefuge

2026 Nominations - National Wildlife Refuge Awards | Get Recognized - Nominate Now — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

Discover the 2026 Wildlife Refuge Awards nominations, honoring outstanding refuge managers, volunteers, and advocates dedicated to wildlife conservation. Submit your nominations today.

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We hope to see you tonight at the 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards! The show starts at 7 pm ET. If you haven't signed up yet, please do so here refugeassociation.org/livestream #WildlifeRefuge #Conservation #PublicLands #RefugeStrong

See what's in store at our 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards! Make sure to RSVP to join us in a few days on Tuesday, March 24th: refugeassociation.org/livestream #wildliferefuge #conservation #publiclands #refugeawards

We’re just two weeks away from the 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards virtual celebration livestream 🦅✨ RSVP here: refugeassociation.org/livestream #conservation #wildliferefuge

You’re invited to the 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards — a virtual celebration of the Refuge System. 📅 Tuesday, March 24, 2026 🕖 7:00 pm ET (6 CT / 5 MT / 4 PT) Awardee stories, heartfelt award presentations, and special guests celebrating wildlife refuges! refugeassociation.org/livestream

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Birdwatching: training your eyes, your patience, and maybe your brain too. 🧠🐦 Refuges are the perfect place to bird. Take a slow stroll at a national wildlife refuge and see who shows up. www.sciencefocus.com/news/birdwat...

Birdwatching could help slow ageing, breakthrough study finds | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Birdwatching gives you the perfect triad of skills to slow your cognitive decline and experience healthier ageing, study finds

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🚨 USFWS is reviewing refuges + fish hatcheries system-wide. Here’s what’s in scope and how partners/individuals can submit input: www.refugeassociation.org/blog/2025/12... #RefugeStrong

USFWS Announces Review of Refuges and Hatcheries: How to Share Feedback — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

USFWS has launched a review of the National Wildlife Refuge and Fish Hatchery Systems. Here’s what’s being reviewed and how to submit input.

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🌲❄️ Wishing you peace and wild places. ♥️🕊️ Thank you for being part of a community that shows up for wildlife and national wildlife refuges. May you find a moment of refuge, wherever you are. —From all of us at the National Wildlife Refuge Association #RefugeStrong

Happy National Wildlife Refuge System Employee Appreciation Day 💚 We LOVE all the ways you’re celebrating refuge staff today—thank-you notes, sweet treats, shoutouts, and photos. Keep the posts coming! Tag @refugeassociation (and your local refuge) so we can share the appreciation.

Tomorrow (Wed, Dec 17th) is Refuge Staff Appreciation Day. Refuge staff keep refuges running. This year’s been tough. And still, they show up! Join us tomorrow: post a thank-you + tag @refugeassociation, or drop off a handwritten note + small sweet treat. www.refugeassociation.org/s/Toolkit-Re...

In a time of rapid change, national wildlife refuges are a stronghold for nature 🌿 Our board chair Lynn Scarlett shares why the Refuge System works and how the Refuge Association protects it. Watch her short message: www.refugeassociation.org/lynn-video-eoy #WildlifeRefuge #RefugeStrong

Lynn Scarlett - A Special Message — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

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The American Avocet is a rarity in our area ... many birders are enjoying their visit to Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge ! #birds #birding #avocet #art #birdwatching #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #shorebird #wildlife #photography #birdphotography @refugeassociation.org #wildlifephotography #pdx

Wisdom was first banded in 1956. She’s now at least 74 & still going strong @forbes.com just spotlighted her incredible journey, and we couldn’t be prouder. From surviving tsunamis to raising 30+ chicks at Midway Atoll National #WildlifeRefuge, she’s done it all. www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...

A Biologist Spotlights The Oldest Bird In The World (Hint: It Was First Tagged In 1956 On This Isolated Island)

Most small birds are lucky to make it to ten years of age. Bigger birds, however, can live much longer. Here’s the story of the oldest known bird on planet Earth.

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The 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards are here 🦅 We’re celebrating the people protecting #wildlife, connecting communities, and keeping our #publiclands wild. 🏆 Meet the awardees: www.refugeassociation.org/press-releas... #WildlifeRefugeAwards #WildlifeRefuge #Conservation

Announcing the 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

The National Wildlife Refuge Association is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards , a beloved tradition recognizing exceptional contributions to the Nationa...

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BREAKING: The House just moved to slash $22M from the Refuge System in its FY26 budget bill—along with dangerous riders that that weaken protections for wildlife, public lands, and the endangered species they support. 📰 Read our response ⬇️ #RefugeStrong #ProtectOurRefuges #WildlifeRefuge

House Funding Bill Chips Away at National Wildlife Refuges with Deep Cuts & Damaging Riders — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies spending bill— and while it wasn’t the slash-and-burn bill the President ha...

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🇺🇸 This Independence Day, celebrate the wild side of freedom. Happy 4th of July! 🎥 Major General Gray Payne, USMC (Ret.), speaks from Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge about the power—and vulnerability—of America’s public lands. “We need everyone’s help to protect these public spaces.”

Freedom To Roam—A 4th of July Message from Gray Payne at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

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Lynn Scarlett, conservation leader and former Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of the Interior, has been elected Chair of the @refugeassociation.org Board of Directors! A lifelong #birder + staunch #publiclands advocate, Lynn brings decades of experience to the role. 🔗 Read more ⬇️

Conservation Leader Lynn Scarlett Appointed Board Chair of National Wildlife Refuge Association — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

The National Wildlife Refuge Association is honored to announce the appointment of Lynn Scarlett as Chair of its Board of Directors . The decision was made during the Refuge Association’s June 2025...

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🚨 Advocacy Alert: The Senate ENR Committee has tucked a land sell-off into the FY26 budget bill—up to 3 million acres of public lands gone. These wild places are managed by BLM & USFS—but if we let this happen, what’s next? Refuges? 🔗 act.refugeassociation.org/a/stop-senat... #PublicLands

Tell the Senate: Don’t Sell Off America’s Public Lands

The Senate wants to force the sale of up to 3 million acres of public land. Tell your Senators: protect our conservation legacy—keep public lands in public hands.

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🛑 The Refuge System is facing a 22% budget cut in the President’s FY2026 proposal. Wildlife, habitat, and public access are all on the line. Speak up to protect America’s refuges: 🔗 act.refugeassociation.org/a/fy-26 #WildlifeRefuge #PublicLands #Conservation #Wildlife #RefugeStrong

Help Stop Budget Cuts to National Wildlife Refuges

Tell Congress to reject the President’s proposed 22% cut to the National Wildlife Refuge System. Add your voice now to protect wildlife and national wildlife refuges

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🛑 Advocacy Alert: The Endangered Species Act is under threat. 🛑 🕒 The deadline is tonight. 👉 Submit your public comment before midnight: Take Action>> #RefugeStrong #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeRefuge #Advocacy

Protect Wildlife Habitat: Defend the Endangered Species Act

Submit your public comment today to stop a rule that would weaken protections for endangered species and their habitat. Deadline May 19th, 2025.

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📢 Advocacy Alert The administration is planning to reinstate Schedule F—a move that could threaten the nonpartisan experts who protect our national wildlife refuges. 🗓 Deadline to take action: May 23 ✍️ Add your voice now #SaveOurRefuges #RefugeStrong #ScheduleF #Advocacy #WildlifeRefuge

Add Your Voice: Protect The People Behind Our Wildlife Refuges

Schedule F threatens to fire career refuge managers and conservation staff without cause. Submit your comment today and help stop this attack on science and public service.

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🚨 National wildlife refuges are on the precipice A 20% staff loss since January, looming layoffs, harmful budget cuts, & the politicization of civil service are converging into a crisis unlike any in the Refuge System’s 122-year history 📄 Full press release www.refugeassociation.org/press-releas...

National Wildlife Refuges On The Precipice — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

As Public Service Recognition Week shines a light on the value of federal service, the National Wildlife Refuge Association is warning that the very people who protect our nation’s wildlife and public...

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🚨 One refuge under threat. Another under fire. 📍 Camas NWR: targeted for state takeover 📍 Johnston Atoll NWR: seabirds at risk from rocket testing This is what unraveling the Refuge System looks like. 🛑 Help us fight back: www.refugeassociation.org/news/2025/4/... #WildlifeRefuge #RefugeStrong

Hi Bluesky 👋 This is our first post—and it comes at a critical moment. The National Wildlife Refuge System is in crisis. Staff are being lost. Refuges are closing. Wildlife-first public lands are at risk.