Another posting about sea ice is in the work, but isn’t ready for primetime yet. You’ll have to wait until tomorrow. Until them, read about National Wildlife Refuge Week.

National Wildlife Refuge Week Time to Connect With Nature

The National Wildlife Refuge System, with 548 national wildlife refuges nationwide, protects approximately 97 million acres of fish and wildlife habitat. Scores of national wildlife refuges are offering special programs to help celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week across the country.

The week also highlights the six wildlife-dependent recreation uses offered on national wildlife refuges: hunting, fishing, wildlife photography, wildlife observation, interpretation and environmental education. The weeklong celebration is also part of a yearlong commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of pioneering conservationist and writer Rachel Carson.

“Sixty years ago, Rachel Carson wrote that wildlife refuges provide a ‘release from the tensions of modern life,’” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall. “They do that, and more. National wildlife refuges also promise outdoor adventure to children growing up in a digital age, whose idea of nature might be watching animals on television. Refuges offer the real thing.”

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