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USFWS Announces Review of Refuges and Hatcheries: How to Share Feedback — The National Wildlife Refuge Association USFWS has launched a review of the National Wildlife Refuge and Fish Hatchery Systems. Here’s what’s being reviewed and how to submit input.

🚨 USFWS is reviewing refuges + fish hatcheries system-wide. Here’s what’s in scope and how partners/individuals can submit input: www.refugeassociation.org/blog/2025/12...

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🌲❄️ Wishing you peace and wild places. ♥️🕊️

Thank you for being part of a community that shows up for wildlife and national wildlife refuges.

May you find a moment of refuge, wherever you are.

—From all of us at the National Wildlife Refuge Association

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Refuge System Staff Appreciation Day is today! 🏞️
National Wildlife Refuge Association staff restore habitat, greet visitors, lead programs & keep everything running smoothly. Join us in thanking them for protecting the wild & caring for our public lands in the comments.
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Lynn Scarlett - A Special Message — The National Wildlife Refuge Association

In a time of rapid change, national wildlife refuges are a stronghold for nature 🌿

Our board chair Lynn Scarlett shares why the Refuge System works and how the Refuge Association protects it.

Watch her short message:
www.refugeassociation.org/lynn-video-eoy

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Friends of Midway Atoll NWR · Donation and Membership, Facebook

Help protect the Laysan Ducks; your generosity brings volunteers to Midway:
friendsofmidway.org/fb-donation-...

Read more about seeps, watch a video and see more photos here:
friendsofmidway.org/whats-a-seep...

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Wespac Meeting in progress. Lifting commercial fishing bans within #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary is their intention. Public comments will be delivered around 3:00 p.m. Hawai'i Time today, September 16, 2025. => New! Google Meet at: meet.google.com/bsm-kuba-xuq
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Advocacy Volunteer bird counters transit Eastern Island at daybreak Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Dec. 2024 Photo by: Dan Rapp The Threat Fall 2025 The Friends of Midway Atoll just received updated guidance fro…

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Friends of Midway Atoll Preserving, protecting, and restoring the biological diversity and historic resources of Midway Atollal Wildlife Refuge

Weeks ago, 'Ekupu'u were translocated from Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Reef) to Eastern Island on Midway Atoll. Translocating helps avoid a catastrophic event on one island wiping out a species. Find out more friendsofmidway.org

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Sunday with Dan Rapp and ʻEkupuʻu.
While these endangered birds played on Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Reef), their cousins rode to Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) within #PapahānaumokuākeaMarineNationalMonument to be released.
Find out more friendsofmidway.org/%ca%bbekupu-...
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House Funding Bill Chips Away at National Wildlife Refuges with Deep Cuts & Damaging Riders — The National Wildlife Refuge Association Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies spending bill— and while it wasn’t the slash-and-burn bill the President ha...

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 ⬇️
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Hop and Fly!

Most Mōlī (Laysan albatross) who have the strength have been working hard doing all kinds of test flight practice on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Photos Dan Rapp. #Birds
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group oppose commercial fishing in the Sanctuary.
www.alohacwg.com/.../joint-st....

FOMA Advocacy webpage at friendsofmidway.org/get-involved...
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Out-planting native ʻāweoweo supports Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) wildlife.

For more on this name see comments.Photos Dan Rapp

Join at friendsofmidway.org/fb-donation-... to support volunteers giving wildlife a chance to thrive.
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Ka'upu (Black-footed Albatross) test their wings on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). See more in comments.

Photo Dan Rapp.

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Chugach Government Solutions Ann Chris Forster met a Mōlī (Laysan Albatross) on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). #PapahānaumokuākeaMarineNationalMonument
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Sunday with Emily and the Brown Booby, once the most common of the booby species on Kuaihelani. Photos taken on Eastern Island with a zoom lens to maintain a safe distance. For more, see comments.
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Introducing USFWS Volunteer Emily McGuirt, SW Va, in her 5th season as a Wildlife/Field Technician, w/degrees in Zoology & Wildlife Biology and Conservation & Environmental Biology. See more about Emily in comments.
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Aging out of the fluff and into adult plummage. See more in comments.
Photo by Dan Rapp. #Birds
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Honored were those who fought for freedom and democracy against a powerful military. Their determined and fierce courage turned the tide of aggression in the Pacific during World War II.

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Help Stop Budget Cuts to National Wildlife Refuges Tell Congress to reject the President’s proposed 22% cut to the National Wildlife Refuge System. Add your voice now to protect wildlife and national wildlife refuges

🛑 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

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Sunday with Joe Owens and Koa‘e Kea (White-tailed Tropicbird)

Koa‘e Kea parents take turns guarding their egg. One parent departs, while the other settles in to keep the nest safe and warm.

See more in comments.
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Protect Wildlife Habitat: Defend the Endangered Species Act Submit your public comment today to stop a rule that would weaken protections for endangered species and their habitat. Deadline May 19th, 2025.

🛑 Advocacy Alert: The Endangered Species Act is under threat. 🛑
🕒 The deadline is tonight.

👉 Submit your public comment before midnight:
Take Action>>
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Add Your Voice: Protect The People Behind Our Wildlife Refuges Schedule F threatens to fire career refuge managers and conservation staff without cause. Submit your comment today and help stop this attack on science and public service.

📢 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
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Your Mother's Day Moment with Joe on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll)

The bond between a Hawaiian monk seal pup and its mother is vital for survival. See more in comments.
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Male ‘Iwa (Great Frigate Birds), yet to find a mate, show off their version of the sky pointing albatross dance added with their inflated red gular pouch! And/or in the Hinahina Kū Kahaka. Thanks Dan Rapp. #Birds
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The Wisdom ‘Ohana (Family) April 2025 on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Wisdom, a 74+ year old Laysan albatross, which makes her the world’s oldest known banded bird in the wild, has a banded chick and a known grand chick t…

Wisdom ‘Ohana (Family) Photo Shoot April 2025

View the full photo shoot here: friendsofmidway.org/the-wisdom-o...

Feature post photo: Wisdom’s grand chick by the Wisdom ‘ohana photographer Dan Rapp

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Thanks 50,730 times, #PMDP. That’s the number of pounds of marine debris removed from Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) recently. See more in comments.
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Along with bill-clapping, head-shaking, and wing-spreading, this courtship ritual is all about standing out! If a female is impressed, she’ll descend to join him and begin nesting. #Birds
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We can't keep up with #PapahānaumokuākeaMarineDebrisProject. Check out this non-profit organization: www.pmdphawaii.org
For the day’s report that accompanied these pics, please see comments.
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