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Just now, the House has voted 225-193 to pass H.R. 1146, to prohibit oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We are thrilled that the House has acknowledged the importance of this landscape. We will continue the fight in the Senate and beyond to ensure that oil and gas drilling never happens in the Arctic Refuge.
The Conservation Partners Project (CPP), funded through a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, is underway in Florida. This innovative partnership between the National Wildlife Refuge Association and Florida Conservation Group seeks to protect habitat on private lands and restore wetlands in Southwest and South-central Florida.
The National Wildlife Refuge Association recently hosted training in Puerto Rico where National Association for Interpretation presented certificates to 14 participants who successfully completed Certified Interpretative Guide training!
This training will help local Friends Groups better assist USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System in Puerto Rico, like Cabo Rojo and Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuges, Vieques National Wildlife Refuge, and Culebra National Wildlife Refuge.
Twin Pines Minerals of Birmingham, Alabama has applied to the State of Georgia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permits to begin strip mining on thousands of acres adjacent to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
