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The refuge has nearly 13 miles of walking trails but it is primarily an oasis for over 500 native and migratory species of mammals, birds, plants and fish.

Passage for people escaping from slavery, a bowling alley below a street and a 200-mile conduit to the coast are among the underground curiosities.

Passage for escaped slaves, a bowling alley below a street and a 200-mile conduit to the coast are among the underground curiosities.

Fewer than 200 of the birds remain in the wild. Every spring, they put on a vibrant mating display.

Birds Tell Us to Act on Climate Pledge to stand with Audubon to call on elected officials to listen to science and work towards climate solutions. In April, biologists at the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge—a 10,000-acre stretch of tallgrass prairie an hour west of Houston, Texas—went out into the meadows in search of prairie-chickens. The spring breeding season was in full swing. Male Attwater’s Prairie-Chickens gathered in makeshift arenas called leks, their inflatable...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel conducted burns last week near the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Eagle Lake, and the winged and four-legged residents seemed to approve. “The purpose of the burn is to maintain the native prairie in its original condition,” APC Refuge Director John Magera said. Native prairie is what’s known as a