As the Friends group for Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges, we’re asking Alaskans, though, to give some attention to the values of our public lands and what will be lost if hiring freezes and ...

This Colorado town offers a range of adventures, including hiking, climbing, mountain biking, rafting, and birdwatching in ...

Formed when continents collided, the Canadian Rockies is a place for adventure, discovery and serenity — sometimes all at once. The entire stretch of the Rockies covers some 3,000 miles from British ...

A major step in the reversal of this trend was taken in 1969, when the islands were made a national wildlife refuge. In 1974, its lighthouse was automated, and the Coast Guard staff departed.

When driving from Phoenix to San Francisco, you'll find cool cities, beautiful landscapes and lots of interesting attractions ...

There are three types of UNESCO World Heritage sites: cultural (e.g., the historic center of Vienna), natural (think Everglades National Park), and mixed, meaning humans inhabited or left a historical ...

On July 30, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7681. With the swipe of a pen, he ushered the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, a 23,000-acre tract of scabland just ...

Alarm bells went off with U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials at the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge last fall when contractors started building a 30-foot-tall border wall near the refuge ...

The Conservation Fund has purchased North America's largest blackwater swamp in Georgia and Florida and saved it from deep ...

Date: May 25. Title: Audubon National Wildlife Refuge open house. Time: 2 to 5 p.m. Location: Audubon National Wildlife Refuge, near Coleharbor. Contact: Jackie Jacobson at 442-5474 ...

This endangered rodent is unique to our region, found only in the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge and Caswell Memorial State Park along the Stanislaus River in Ripon; it had not been ...