National Wildlife Refuge Association
@refugeassociation.org
Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing America's National Wildlife Refuges
🦊🐻🐸🐧🐺 Join Us to Help Protect YOUR Public Lands 🐝🦋🐢🐠🦈
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🦊🐻🐸🐧🐺 Join Us to Help Protect YOUR Public Lands 🐝🦋🐢🐠🦈
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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
#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.
www.refugeassociation.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🚨 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
#RefugeStrong
🌲❄️ 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
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
December 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🌲❄️ 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
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.
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.
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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.
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...
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...
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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...
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
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
www.refugeassociation.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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
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
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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
#birds #birding #avocet #art #birdwatching #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #shorebird #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
@refugeassociation.org #wildlifephotography #pdx
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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
#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...
@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.
www.forbes.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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...
@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...
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
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...
www.refugeassociation.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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
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
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
📰 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...
www.refugeassociation.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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
📰 Read our response ⬇️
#RefugeStrong #ProtectOurRefuges #WildlifeRefuge
🇺🇸 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.”
🎥 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
YouTube video by National Wildlife Refuge Association
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July 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🇺🇸 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.”
🎥 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.”
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 ⬇️
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...
www.refugeassociation.org
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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 ⬇️
A lifelong #birder + staunch #publiclands advocate, Lynn brings decades of experience to the role.
🔗 Read more ⬇️
🚨 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
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.
act.refugeassociation.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚨 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
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
🛑 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
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
act.refugeassociation.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🛑 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
Speak up to protect America’s refuges:
🔗 act.refugeassociation.org/a/fy-26
#WildlifeRefuge #PublicLands #Conservation #Wildlife #RefugeStrong
🛑 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
🕒 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.
act.refugeassociation.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🛑 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
🕒 The deadline is tonight.
👉 Submit your public comment before midnight:
Take Action>>
#RefugeStrong #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeRefuge #Advocacy
📢 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
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.
act.refugeassociation.org
May 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📢 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
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
🚨 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...
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...
www.refugeassociation.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚨 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...
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...
🚨 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
📍 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
April 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🚨 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
📍 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.
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.
April 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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.
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.