National Wildlife Refuge Publications

Defenders of Wildlife has produced numerous reports on National Wildlife Refuges.

Keeping Every Cog and Wheel
Coalition Report - recommendations for the Obama administration on strengthening the National Wildlife Refuge System
Gambling on the Water Table
This report highlights the potential environmental and economic impacts of the planned Las Vegas pipeline on the Great Basin region and offers alternatives and solutions.
Citizen's Wildlife Refuge Planning Handbook
Through refuge planning you have an unprecedented opportunity to improve your refuge, the Refuge System and the conservation of biodiversity in America. This handbook is your guide to making the most of this opportunity.
Refuges at Risk 2007
Ten years after the passage of sweeping legislation intended to address these issues, national wildlife refuges continue to struggle with problems that threaten their ability to meet their wildlife-first mission. Refuges at Risk 2007 covers America's 10 most endangered national wildlife refuges.
Refuges at Risk 2006
This report identified global warming as the single greatest threat imperiling the National Wildlife Refuge system as a whole. Ten refuges facing dire consequences from global warming are featured.
Refuges at Risk 2005
Our second annual list of the 10 most endangered National Wildlife Refuges, highlighting the challenges the refuges face while also offering viable solutions to ensure that they will survive in the centuries to come.
Refuges at Risk 2004
The first report in our annual series, in which we examine refuges across the country and chose the 10 most endangered based on criteria such as the magnitude and timeliness of the threat; the significance of the refuge to our natural wildlife heritage; the opportunity for action to address the problem; and the refuge's representation of overall threats to the system.
Restoring America's Wildlife Legacy 2007
A CARE coalition report documenting the serious funding shortfalls facing the Refuge System and recommends future funding to enable the Refuge System to accomplish its wildlife conservation mission
Shortchanging America's Wildlife
A CARE coalition report on the national wildlife refuge system funding crisis profiling 12 refuges
On the Line Report
Read our in-depth report on what's at stake along the Arizona-Mexico border
En el Limite
Lea nuestro extensivo reporte acerca de los retos que se enfrentan en la frontera Arizona-Mexico.