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Like wildlife refuges? Now you've got four more to see

November 14, 2011 By Kelsey Bensch

A view from Elk Knob

Credit: James Lautzenheiser

Americans have four new wildlife refuges to celebrate this month! Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently announced the designation of four new Wildlife Refuges that span five states and diverse ecosystems. Refuge designation for these critical lands and waters will protect them as important pieces of America’s natural heritage for the economic benefit and recreational enjoyment of generations to come. The new Refuges are: Read more

Live-blogging Great Outdoors America Week: Fighting to save our wild places

September 20, 2011 By Mike Costello

Editor's Note: West Virginia Wilderness Coalition Campaign Coordinator Mike Costello is sharing his Great Outdoors America Week (Go America Week) trip to Washington D.C. in live time through this blog, Twitter and Facebook. Costello is one of many citizens from around the country spending the week here advocating to protect America's wild places. Learn more about Go America Week and stay tuned to this site to experience the week with him. You can also Follow TWS on Twitter @wilderness and Costello @WVWilderness for additional insight as our own "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington."   Read more

Migratory birds take long flight to Alaska

March 25, 2009 By Ben Beach

Tundra swans in flight. Courtesy USGS.

It’s a long airplane flight from Baltimore to northern Alaska. But what if you were a tundra swan? This time of year, these birds head off from their wintering grounds in the Chesapeake Bay, flying about 4,000 miles to their breeding grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other spots across Alaska’s Arctic coastline. Typically, they fly through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, stopping at national wildlife refuges and other suitable spots. Read more