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A bison walks through the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado, with the Denver skyline visible in the background.
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Snow geese take flight in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico in winter.
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Wild ponies drink and graze in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on December 18, 2018, in Accomack County, Virginia.
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Fish gather around coral in the lagoon surrounding Rose Atoll Marine National Monument and National Wildlife Refuge, the easternmost island of American Samoa.
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Steep mountains rise above the Joshua Green River Valley in Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. A group of tribal governments and environmental organizations filed several lawsuits this month against the Trump administration, trying to block recent actions that would allow a road to be built through the wildlife refuge.
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An adult harbor seal watches over a pup as they lay out along the Newark Slough in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Fremont, California.
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A black skimmer glides above the water in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida on February 9, 2025.
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A herd of elk grazes in the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, on the Missouri River in northern Montana.
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Blackbirds fly over Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma, Arizona, on February 22, 2023.
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A view of the Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, on the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii
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Green sea turtles come ashore to lay eggs in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge on Midway Atoll.
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A polar bear walks across snow in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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A pod of orcas swims through Uganik Bay in Alaska’s Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.
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A heron wades in shallow water in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville, Florida.
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Phill and Elizabeth Frias walk along the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Palm Beach County, Florida.
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Canada geese swim in Lower Klamath Lake, with Mount Shasta in the distance, in California’s Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
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A coyote hides in reeds while hunting in Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
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A snowy owl stands on a beach in Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in Massachusetts.
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A manatee swims through Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Citrus County, Florida.
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A tree swallow takes flight from a red-hot-poker bloom in the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex near Eugene, Oregon.
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A woman watches snow geese fly over Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in Mound City, Missouri.
