America's Wildlife

02/02/2016

It's ! While they may not be perfect weather predictors, groundhogs do in fact emerge from dens in early February.

Groundhogs fatten up during the warm seasons and snooze for most of the colder months. They are among the few true hibernators.

Photo: Brookhaven National Labratory

12/10/2015

When we're not responding to disasters, we're preparing to clean up after their mess.

Who's ready for round two of Heavy Equipment Training? http://bit.ly/HeavyEquipTraining

11/20/2015

Partnership + Collaboration: Heavy Equipment operator training begins in South Texas with Team Rubicon USA led by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service instructors. Case Construction Equipment has joined the effort and provided equipment for the training, along with assistance from the National Wildlife Refuge Association.

11/16/2015

Santa Barbara + Ventura: California Condor Recovery Program

Special thanks to Mountain Vista Elementary School, Fillmore Middle School, the City of Fillmore, the City of Ventura and the Santa Barbara Zoo. Additional Condor footage provided by Jeff McLoughlin and Good Eye Films. Produced for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service by Tandem Stills + Motion, Inc.

https://vimeo.com/143045681

Special thanks to Mountain Vista Elementary School, Fillmore Middle School, the City of Fillmore, the City of Ventura and the Santa Barbara Zoo. Additional Condor…

09/24/2015

Anchored in the south by the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex and to the north by the Hopper Mountain Refuge Complex, the SoCal Urban Wildlife Refuge Project reaches deep into Los Angeles’ diverse urban core where the revitalization of the Los Angeles River is bringing back nature to urban residents.

The SoCal Project is part of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Urban Wildlife Conservation Program. With eighty percent of Americans now living in cities, there is an increasing challenge of how to connect current and future generations with National Wildlife Refuges and the outdoors.

The goal of the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program is to reach into communities to find ways to connect urban youth with America’s natural wonders.

Produced by Tandem Stills + Motion, Inc. in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Special thanks to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps and Friends of the Los Angeles River, Santa Barbara Zoo, Fillmore Middle School, Fillmore Elementary School, City of Imperial Beach, City of San Diego, City of Los Angeles, Ventura County, Ventura Travel & Tourism Board.

https://vimeo.com/137628687

Anchored in the south by the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex and to the north by the Hopper Mountain Refuge Complex, the SoCal Urban Wildlife Refuge Project…

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08/28/2015

The New Haven Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership members in CT are quantifying the impacts of connecting people with nature through Schoolyard Habitats. Data show a 28% increase in how often teachers go outside for lessons in the first year of Schoolyard Habitat implementation. Schools that are in their second year of Schoolyard Habitat implementation have a 57% increase in how often teachers go outside for lessons. These data are collected and analyzed by Audubon CT. We attribute the increase to several factors including exceptional New Haven teachers willing to try new things with their students, in-school environmental education programs offered by conservation and education professionals within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Audubon CT and Common Ground High School as well as effective teacher training programs offered twice a year by New Haven Urban Wildlife Refuge Partners to show teachers how to use their Schoolyard Habitats. Learn more: http://newhavenwildliferefuge.org/

Teachers at schools with Schoolyard Habitats in New Haven show a 57% increase in how often they take students outside for lessons

Photo credit: Common Ground High School

08/27/2015

Check out this great story on the partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Soul RIver.

This August, inner-city youth, U.S. veterans and volunteers came together to form a community in the midst of Mother Nature’s rawest environment: Alaska’s rugged wilderness. Black, brown, or white, religious or non-religious, soldiers of war and soldiers of the streets, from Oregon, Washington, and…

08/20/2015

What's the best outdoor initiative you've never heard of?
Outside Magazine highlights the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program, bringing wildlife viewing and outdoor explorations within reach of city dwellers across America.
Read more: http://bit.ly/1PohE8u
www.fws.gov/urban

08/18/2015

MIDWAY ISLAND - On July 14, several airplanes were safely diverted to Henderson Airfield on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial. Two U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, one with serious mechanical issues, made an emergency landing at the airfield. The F/A-18 H…