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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Could competitive running and bike races be coming to Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now accepting comments on what it says is a draft compatibility determination to potentially allow for competitive running races, bike races and birding cups, the latter meaning people who […]

POWELL — The endangered Wyoming toad has a lot of friends. Once thought to be extinct, the last remaining population of the glacial relic was rediscovered under a boat by

The endangered Wyoming toad has a lot of friends. Once thought to be extinct, the last remaining population of the glacial relic was rediscovered under a boat by an inquisitive fisherman in 1985. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday announced the establishment of the Wyoming Toad Conservation Area in Wyoming as the 569th unit of the National Wildlife

The Big Sit is an international bird watching event when folks around the world tally the different birds they identify throughout a day. This is the 10th year The Big Sit will be held at Ringwoods Glacial Park on Sunday, Oct. 8.

An expected new rule promoting biological diversity and environmental health within the National Wildlife Refuge System could be used to discourage oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, environmentalists say.

The Sierra Club and two other environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of...

Wilton joins Eustis and other towns in Franklin County in signing a letter drafted by County Commissioner Bob Carlton voicing opposition to a federal wildlife preserve in the High Peaks.

Left unchecked, warming temperatures and increased climate threats could affect environmental conditions for half of the birds throughout all of the system’s refuges.