News

Feds Study How to Buy Less Single-Use Plastic

Jul 21, 2022

The US uses about 100 Billion plastic bags each year and the DOI will be phasing out single-use plastic in the coming year. (Read Story…

USFWS Formally Reverses Regulatory Habitat Rule

Jul 20, 2022

“This rule will allow our biologists to ensure critical habitat designations contribute to the conservation of ESA-listed species,” Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams…

Good News

Jul 19, 2022

Heat restrictions have decreased need for SARs.

Movement on RAWA

Jul 15, 2022

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act recently picked up 5 new co-sponsors in the 117th Congress. The bill that provides funding for the conservation of plant and wildlife…

Natural beauty abounds in the WMWR

Jul 14, 2022

The WMWR was recently highlighted in a news story published by the OKC Journal Record newspaper. Read the story here.

Win for Wildlife…

Jul 5, 2022

Win for Wildlife as Federal Court reinstates USFWS ability to protect threatened as well as endangered species. 

July 2nd Recognized as the First National Wildland Firefighter Day.

Jul 3, 2022

Wildland firefighting is difficult, physically arduous work. 

This Week in the Department of the Interior

Jul 1, 2022

 There’s been a lot going on at DOI this week. 

Summer Adventures Await!

Jun 23, 2022

Our partners at Shape Your Future recently release 100+ free or cheap summer activities in Oklahoma. If you love the adventure the Refuge offers, you’ll…

U.S. House passes the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

Jun 15, 2022

A bill to conserve endangered species — from the red-cockaded woodpecker to the snuffbox mussel — was passed by the U.S. House in a 231-to-190…