National Wildlife Refuge System

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for National Wildlife Refuge System:
News Releases
June 18, 2009  AMERICA'S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES — Climate Change and Coping with Climate Change Challenge Nature Sanctuaries
May 11, 2009  HIGHWAY AGENCY BREAKING FEDERAL LAWS ON DELAWARE REFUGE — DelDOT Committing Criminal Wildlife Offenses in Refuge Road Construction
March 24, 2009  LAWSUIT ENDS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS ON WILDLIFE REFUGE — Ruling on Delaware’s Prime Hook May Affect Farming on Scores of Other Refuges
December 8, 2008   LAWSUIT TO BLOCK TRIBAL TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — Bison Range Deal Cedes “Inherently Federal” Functions and Bars Public Oversight
July 10, 2008  FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE HIDING INFLUENCE OF REFUGE DRILLER — Federal Court Asked to Force Government to Release Records
May 22, 2008  AMERICA’S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES — Threatened by Oil Drilling, Mining, Roads, ORV Use and, Above All – Politics
April 29, 2008  ARIZONA GAME AGENCY SCAPEGOATS COUGARS FOR BIGHORN TRAVAILS — Agency Engages in “Biological McCarthyism” by Targeting Puma as Bighorn Gain
April 21, 2008  ARIZONA’S KOFA REFUGE COUGARS GET ONE-YEAR REPRIEVE — Government Halts “Lethal Removal” of Refuge Puma after PEER Intervention
April 2, 2008  WILDERNESS WATER WAR IN ARIZONA REFUGE OVER BIGHORNS — Former Long-Time Kofa Wildlife Refuge Biologist Says His Agency Is All Wet
March 20, 2008  OIL DEAL FOR ALASKA WILDLIFE REFUGE ON FAST TRACK — Yukon Flats Land Exchange Tied to Oil Development but No Time for Appraisals
December 7, 2007  INTERIOR ISSUES NEW MARCHING ORDERS FOR BISON RANGE DEAL — Funding Agreement with Tribe by Next March but Big Questions Remain
December 5, 2007  INTERIOR DIRECTS BISON RANGE TO BE HANDED OVER TO TRIBE — Inspector General Report Describes High-Level Political Machinations
November 13, 2007  FATE OF NATIONAL BISON RANGE HAS BECOME A POLITICAL FOOTBALL — House Leaders Pushing in Opposite Directions on Transferring Refuge to Tribes
May 17, 2007  TRIBES REJECT FIVE-YEAR BISON RANGE PARTNERSHIP — CSKT Renews Push for Takeover of Refuge Management and More Jobs
April 11, 2007  NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES SEVERELY SHORTCHANGED — Acre-for-Acre, Refuges Get 17 Cents for Every Dollar Spent on National Parks
February 1, 2007  WILDLIFE REFUGE CUTS CRIPPLING CONSERVATION, SAY MANAGERS — Survey Cites Declining Habitats and Visitor Safety and Growing Frustrations
January 18, 2007  INTERIOR DEPARTMENT LEAVES BISON RANGE EMPLOYEES IN DARK — Grievance Appeal Filed; New Threats Against Employees
January 9, 2007  ABUSES AT NATIONAL BISON RANGE CONFIRMED BY INVESTIGATION — Threats, Intimidation and Safety Concerns Documented in Independent Report
December 14, 2006  FWS TERMINATES CONTROVERSIAL BISON RANGE AGREEMENT — Agency Rebuffs Efforts by Tribe to Assume Management of Entire Refuge in FY 2007
November 15, 2006  TRIBE SEEKING TOTAL TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL BISON RANGE — Fish & Wildlife Service May Also Cede Two More Refuges and Five Waterfowl Areas
October 26, 2006   NATIONAL BISON RANGE EVALUATION CENSORED BY AGENCY — Warnings about Communications Breakdowns and Worsening Relations Were Stifled
October 12, 2006  STAFF REBEL AGAINST HARASSMENT ON BISON RANGE REFUGE — Joint Complaint of Tribe Trying to Drive Off Staff in Order to Take Over Their Jobs
July 20, 2006  TROUBLED FIRST YEAR FOR BISON RANGE REFUGE TRIBAL OPERATION — Agreement Renewal in Limbo as Tribe Demands More Funds and Jobs
February 21, 2005  REFUGE MANAGER CHARGED FOR SAVING THREATENED FROGS — First Case of Refuge Manager Facing Criminal Charges for Wildlife Offense
February 8, 2005  BISON RANGE EMPLOYEES GIVEN REMOVAL NOTICES — Action Against Refuge Workers While Congressional Review Pending
December 14, 2004  BISON RANGE DEAL TO BE SIGNED DESPITE OBJECTIONS — Lingering Questions on Terms, Costs and Consequences
December 2, 2004  CHANGES IN BISON RANGE DEAL; SIGNING DELAYED — FWS Retirees Protest That Concerns Still Not Addressed
October 18, 2004  REFUGE MANAGERS PROTEST BISON RANGE DEAL AS UNWORKABLE — Joint Letter By 23 Managers Cites Money, Manpower and Performance Problems
October 13, 2004  INTERIOR REFUSES TO HOLD HEARINGS ON BISON RANGE DEAL — Repudiates Its Own Cost Estimates on Day That Public Comment Period Closes
October 6, 2004  INTERIOR WITHHOLDING COST FIGURES ON BISON RANGE DEAL — Congressman Calls for Public Hearings
August 28, 2001  REFUGE DOLLARS NOT REACHING THE GROUND — Manager Survey Cites Bureaucratic Barriers
Surveys
2007  Refuge Managers Survey
2001  Refuge Managers Survey
1999  Refuge Managers of the National Wildlife Refuge System Survey
1998  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge Managers Survey
1997  National Wildlife Refuge Survey
Other PEER Activities
PEER Letter to Senator Burns about the transfer of National Bison Range management
PEER Report: America’s Ten Most Imperiled Refuges 2008