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Y. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Categories: National Wildlife Refuges of the United States by state. Nature reserves in Alaska. Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Coordinates: 69°52′27″N 144°09′55″W. ANWR and known oil deposits in northern Alaska. The question of whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been an ongoing political controversy in the United States since 1977. [1] As of 2017, Republicans have attempted to allow drilling in ANWR almost fifty times ...
National Forest Foundation. National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation. National Smokejumper Association. National Wild Turkey Federation. National Wildlife Federation. National Wildlife Refuge Association. The Nature Conservancy. NatureServe. Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners.
The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000-acre (142 km 2) national wildlife refuge (NWR) located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering and migrating birds in the Eastern United States . Of the 35,000 acres of the refuge, about 4,085 ...
The National Audubon Society (Audubon; / ˈ ɔː d ə b ɒ n /) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world.
Birding. The Copper River Delta, which extends for 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2 ), is the largest contiguous wetlands along the Pacific coast of North America. [13] [15] It is used annually by 16 million shorebirds, including the world's entire population of western sandpipers and the pacific flyway population of dunlins. [29]
The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary and rehabilitation center in Navarre, Florida. History. The refuge was originally located in Okaloosa County, Florida, in 1994. At first, while there, the program operated out of private homes, before eventually opening makeshift facilities in 2000.
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge. Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge is located in Cameron and Evangeline Parishes in southwestern Louisiana, was established in 1937 by Executive Order No. 7780 as "a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife." The refuge is nearly 35,000 acres (140 km 2) in size, including 653 acres (2 ...