Introduction
- NWRA Affiliate Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges | Friends of Alaska Refuges
More than 200 Friends groups nationwide belong to NWRA’s Affiliate program. Friends from Florida to Washington, Massachusetts to Texas, have joined together in this program to show their support for each other and for a better future for refuges and the Refuge System.
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Why do we have an Affiliate Program?
The National Wildlife Refuge System is in crisis. Threats to refuges are growing, while staffing and funding for key conservation programs are diminishing. NWRA has built a powerful national network of Friends and individuals to fight for the needs of the Refuge System and associated conservation programs. The Friends Affiliate program is a way that Friends groups can stand together for the Refuge System, and embrace the broader principle that the strength of their local refuges is only as robust as that of the Refuge System.
The purpose of the Affiliate program is to:
- Present a unified national face to decision-makers who determine the future of our National Wildlife Refuge System and related conservation programs.
- Enhance communication among Friends groups to effectively inform and mobilize support for refuge issues by becoming members of the NWRA Advocacy Network.
- Provide Friends with the tools to build effective relationships with their local and national representatives.
Please help us build momentum for the Refuge System. If your group is interested in joining the Friends Affiliate program, please contact Joan Patterson, jpatterson@refugeassociation.org, Director of Grassroots Outreach.
Friends Affiliate Group List
Association of Friends of the Wichitas
Audubon Refuge Partners, Inc.
Back Bay Restoration Foundation
Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Central Basin Audubon, ARK
Chincoteague Natural History Association
Citizen’s Committee to Complete the Refuge
Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society
Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society
Evergreen Lakes Society
Friends and Volunteers of Refuges Florida Keys
Friends in Support of the Hatchery
Friends of the Antioch Dunes, Inc.
Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island NWR
Friends of Back Bay
Friends of Balcones Canyonlands NWR
Friends of Bayou Teche Refuge
Friends of Big Lake
Friends of Blackwater NWR
Friends of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of Bosque del Apache NWR
Friends of Boyer Chute and DeSoto NWRs
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges
Friends of California Condors – Wild & Free
Friends of Camas NWR
Friends of Carson Fish Hatchery
Friends of Cherry Valley
Friends of Clarks River NWR
Friends of the Connecticut River Paddlers’ Trail
Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge
Friends of Crane Meadows NWR
Friends of Deer Flat NWR
Friends of Dungeness NWR
Friends of Felsenthal
Friends of Great Falls Discovery Center
Friends of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
Friends of Heinz Refuge at Tinicum (FOHR Tinicum)
Friends of Kenai NWR
Friends of Laguna Atascosa NWR
Friends of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges
Friends of Maine Seabird Islands
Friends of Mid-Columbia River Wildlife Refuges
Friends of Monomoy
Friends of NWRs of Rhode Island
Friends of Ohio River Islands NWR
Friends of Patoka River NWR
Friends of Pee Dee NWR
Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands
Friends of Pool 10
Friends of Pool 9 — Upper Miss Refuge
Friends of Potomac River Refuges
Friends of Rachel Carson NWR
Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of San Diego Wildlife Refuges
Friends of Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of Southwest Louisiana NWRs & Wetlands
Friends of St Catherine Creek Refuge
Friends of Supawna Meadows NWR
Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge, GGAS
Friends of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Refuge
Friends of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Friends of the Cache River Watershed
Friends of the Crystal River NWRC
Friends of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Friends of the Detroit Lakes WMD
Friends of the Florida Panther NWR
Friends of the Great Plains Nature Center
Friends of the Hakalau Forest NWR
Friends of the Lee Metcalf NWR
Friends of the Little Pend Oreille
Friends of the Migratory Bird/Duck Stamp
Friends of the Minnesota Valley
Friends of the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex
Friends of the Morris Wetlands Management District
Friends of the National Conservation Traning Center
Friends of the Norwalk Islands, Inc.
Friends of The Prairie Learning Center
Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center
Friends of the Reach
Friends of the Refuge Headwaters
Friends of the San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuges
Friends of the San Pablo Bay NWR
Friends of the Santee National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of the Savannah Coastal Wildlife Refuges
Friends of the St. Croix Wetland Management District
Friends of the Suwannee and Cedar Keys NWR
Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges
Friends of the Tualatin River NWR
Friends of the Upper Mississippi Fishery Services
Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges
Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges, Palisades Chapter
Friends of Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of Unity Wetlands
Friends of West Tennessee Refuge
Friends of White River NWR
Friends of Willamette Valley NWRC
Friends of Windom Wetland Management District
International Wildlife Refuge Alliance
Kilauea Point Natural History Association
Lostwood Birding and Nature Association
Merritt Island Wildlife Association
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Association
Pelican Island Preservation Society
Portneuf Valley Audubon Society
Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends
Salmon River Watershed Partnership
San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society
Sandhills Prairie Refuge Association
Seney Natural History Association
SEWEE Association (Southeastern Wildlife & Environmental Education)
Shoreline Education for Awareness
Southeast Wildlife Conservation Group
Southwest Wetlands Interpretative Association
Stone Lakes NWR Association
Ticatove-Grupo de Conservacion de Vieques
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