New Chief of National Wildlife Refuge
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the appointment of Cynthia Martinez as the new chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge areas provide … Read more
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the appointment of Cynthia Martinez as the new chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge areas provide … Read more
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will distribute $1.1 billion to state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies from revenues generated by the hunting and fishing industry through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. See the WildLife Society article Read more
May, 2015 issue of the IWLA National Conservation Currents is available. IN THIS ISSUE:
Our Chapter recently hosted an awards ceremony at Natural Bridge, Va. to recognize the key individuals responsible for the preservation of Natural Bridge as a new State Park. Special Conservation Awards from the Virginia Division, IWLA, as well Honor Roll Awards at the National Level were presented. Mike Lane, who wrote up and … Read more
S-N IWLA Members assisted with the spreading of mulch around the Lake Kennedy Walking Trail located in Suffolk, VA, to create a new walking path, approximately 3/4 mile long, for residents around the perimeter of the facility. Other volunteers included Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Virginia Naturalist.
If you are a wildlife professional, student, or supporter, please consider taking advantage of a free membership offer, courtesy of the The Wildlife Society (TWS).
This free membership provides two Wildlife Partners e-newsletters per month, Action Alerts from the TWS Government Affairs team, and Links to two recorded presentations … Read more
Welcome to our new website, established in May of 2015, for the Suffolk-Nansemond Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America!
Why did we port our old web site, formerly hosted at Google Sites for over 6 years, to this new website? Primarily because we were running out of storage space, but … Read more