The American Avocet is a rarity in our area ... many birders are enjoying their visit to Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge ! #birds #birding #avocet #art #birdwatching #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #shorebird #wildlife #photography #birdphotography @refugeassociation.org #wildlifephotography #pdx

Wisdom was first banded in 1956. She’s now at least 74 & still going strong @forbes.com just spotlighted her incredible journey, and we couldn’t be prouder. From surviving tsunamis to raising 30+ chicks at Midway Atoll National #WildlifeRefuge, she’s done it all. www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...

The 2025 National Wildlife Refuge Awards are here 🦅 We’re celebrating the people protecting #wildlife, connecting communities, and keeping our #publiclands wild. 🏆 Meet the awardees: www.refugeassociation.org/press-releas... #WildlifeRefugeAwards #WildlifeRefuge #Conservation

BREAKING: The House just moved to slash $22M from the Refuge System in its FY26 budget bill—along with dangerous riders that that weaken protections for wildlife, public lands, and the endangered species they support. 📰 Read our response ⬇️ #RefugeStrong #ProtectOurRefuges #WildlifeRefuge

🇺🇸 This Independence Day, celebrate the wild side of freedom. Happy 4th of July! 🎥 Major General Gray Payne, USMC (Ret.), speaks from Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge about the power—and vulnerability—of America’s public lands. “We need everyone’s help to protect these public spaces.”

Lynn Scarlett, conservation leader and former Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of the Interior, has been elected Chair of the @refugeassociation.org Board of Directors! A lifelong #birder + staunch #publiclands advocate, Lynn brings decades of experience to the role. 🔗 Read more ⬇️

🚨 Advocacy Alert: The Senate ENR Committee has tucked a land sell-off into the FY26 budget bill—up to 3 million acres of public lands gone. These wild places are managed by BLM & USFS—but if we let this happen, what’s next? Refuges? 🔗 act.refugeassociation.org/a/stop-senat... #PublicLands

🛑 The Refuge System is facing a 22% budget cut in the President’s FY2026 proposal. Wildlife, habitat, and public access are all on the line. Speak up to protect America’s refuges: 🔗 act.refugeassociation.org/a/fy-26 #WildlifeRefuge #PublicLands #Conservation #Wildlife #RefugeStrong

🛑 Advocacy Alert: The Endangered Species Act is under threat. 🛑 🕒 The deadline is tonight. 👉 Submit your public comment before midnight: Take Action>> #RefugeStrong #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeRefuge #Advocacy

📢 Advocacy Alert The administration is planning to reinstate Schedule F—a move that could threaten the nonpartisan experts who protect our national wildlife refuges. 🗓 Deadline to take action: May 23 ✍️ Add your voice now #SaveOurRefuges #RefugeStrong #ScheduleF #Advocacy #WildlifeRefuge

🚨 National wildlife refuges are on the precipice A 20% staff loss since January, looming layoffs, harmful budget cuts, & the politicization of civil service are converging into a crisis unlike any in the Refuge System’s 122-year history 📄 Full press release www.refugeassociation.org/press-releas...

🚨 One refuge under threat. Another under fire. 📍 Camas NWR: targeted for state takeover 📍 Johnston Atoll NWR: seabirds at risk from rocket testing This is what unraveling the Refuge System looks like. 🛑 Help us fight back: www.refugeassociation.org/news/2025/4/... #WildlifeRefuge #RefugeStrong

Hi Bluesky 👋 This is our first post—and it comes at a critical moment. The National Wildlife Refuge System is in crisis. Staff are being lost. Refuges are closing. Wildlife-first public lands are at risk.