Protecting Our Environment

Wyo. wildlife refuge receives stimulus money
Associated Press – December 20, 2009 2:35 PM ET GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) – Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Wyoming will receive $2.3 million in federal stimulus money for the…

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Fall at San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
This is the final installment of our four-season photographic review, this piece exploring the fall season at Don Edwards, Antioch Dunes, San Pablo Bay and Salinas River wildlife refuges.    A seasonal tour of the S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex

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Can you design an I-70 bridge for wildlife?
DENVER – An international competition is being launched to come up with new ideas for wildlife crossings over interstate highways, with the Colorado mountains as a focal point. West Vail Pass along Interstate 70 was chosen as the site for the competition initiated by the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University and the Woodcock Foundation in New York. The hope is to come up …

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Moapa Valley wildlife refuge offers chance to see area’s creatures
A little-known oasis of natural warm springs, meandering creeks and thick stands of palm trees lies less than an hour’s drive from Las Vegas in Moapa Valley. Once a popular destination for swimming and picnics, Warm Springs became part of a national wildlife refuge in 1979, dedicated to the preservation of endangered fish and other unique native species.

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Fall at San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
As the sun hangs low in the fall sky, a small boat slides into the reeds along Mud Slough at the Don Edwards wildlife refuge, one of seven such sanctuaries known collectively as the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

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