Friends of Anahuac Refuge

03/09/2021

A bunch of baby alligators sitting on what appears to be an tolerant older sibling. Credit: Gabriel Lopez

MINI MONDAY: Aww, aren't they cute 😙 Look closely for these little "minis" next time you visit.

📸 A bunch of baby alligators sitting on what appears to be an tolerant older sibling. Credit: Gabriel Lopez

12/08/2020

🎵“Moon river, wider than a mile. I’m crossing you in style ”🎵
📷: Green River, Wyoming’s Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge http://go.usa.gov/xnygU
By Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
[Note: The river here is not wider than a mile. 😀]

A recent Ask Game & Fish question, "Do wetlands have economic value?" See what Biologist Steve Tessman said about the value of WY wetlands.

12/08/2020

“Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
📷: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge http://go.usa.gov/xUfKa
Virginia
By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast habitat that once covered more than one million acres of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

12/08/2020

Izembek: where waterfowl slurp eelgrass like it's spaghetti.
Happy 60th Izembek National ! http://ow.ly/zf2b50CDMkO 📷 USFWS/Lisa Hupp

Pacific black brant migration and what they can teach us

12/08/2020

CAPTION CALL! This horned puffin at Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (http://ow.ly/zNQN50CyuK4) could use a clever caption. Got one? We’ll name our favorite tomorrow. (Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS)

The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants.

12/08/2020

⚠️ Middleton Tract is currently closed. We have a wildfire on the unit that came about last night. Our wildland firefighter crews are working hard to contain it at the moment. As soon as they have it put out we will open it. Please look back here for an update.
⚠️ Update 4pm: The fire has crossed East Bay Bayou. Avoid boat travel near or through the bayou between Middleton and the East Unit. Fire crews are continuing to suppress and put out this fire.
⚠️ Update 1pm; 11/18: No new major changes to report. Fire crews are still continuing.
⚠️ Update 2pm; 11/19: The fire is contained, all units are open. Thank