10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Many refuges are strategically located along major flyways, allowing ducks and geese to hopscotch their way up the continent to northern breeding grounds and back down again. Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land.

Virgin Islands 211

Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species.

Wildlife 189

Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2020

For those interested in avian conservation, some knowledge of the bureaucratic process is useful, as it is used to implement many important conservation laws. For example, the process applies to, among other things, the listing (and delisting) of species under the Endangered Species Act and interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Ducks 199

Ducks Hunting Hunters Legislation 199