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Tar-Hens and Tar-Jimmies
Dr. Rittschof, Duke professor. The Atlantic blue crab is a species native to waters around Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge and an important cultural, economical, and perhaps most importantly, a...
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Forming Friendship through Fishing
The common catch phrase, “that’s why it’s called fishing, not catching”, was thrown around on the boat today. Jim Yergin and John Kooper were our hosts on the 28 foot skiff and we couldn’t have asked...
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An Ambassador Among Us
A view from the visitor center at Santee NWR. Santee National Wildlife Refuge, located in Clarendon Co, South Carolina, is like a lot of refuges: a hidden gem. Santee is close to I-95, but when you...
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Captain Alan Spence
Lake Marion – Santee National Wildlife Refuge “Here Kitty Kitty Kitty…” is how you call for a Catfish. Unfortunately for our crew, the cats were in no mood to play on Friday. While filming on Santee...
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What a Hoot!
Great Horned Owl at Ace Basin NWR Talk about opportunistic wildlife watching! A great horned owl basically fell out of one of the angel oaks as we explored the grounds at Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin...
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Keeping the “Wild” in America’s Wildlife
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is located in the heart of Lowcountry, a band of low land between South Carolina and Georgia, and one of seven refuges administered within the Savannah Coastal Refuge...
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Scallops, Sharks, & Scattered Storms
Bob Hudson is a Friend of the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. Friends organizations are crucial to the mission of the Refuge System and essential in helping millions of Americans understand...
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A Place that’s still Local
Cedar Key National Wildlife Refuge is made up of several small islands, most of which are closed to the public for protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat. The fishing around these islands is...
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Prehistoric Snappers in the Suwanee
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission study some pretty strange wildlife. Alligator snapping turtles are the largest freshwater turtles in the world and researchers Kevin Enge and...
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My Experience As an Urban Refuge Intern with Patuxent Research Refuge
I began my position as an Urban Refuge Intern with Patuxent Research Refuge in September of 2012, just as the school year was beginning. This being an off-refuge position, I spent the majority of my...
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