National Wildlife Refuges Announce Fee-Free Days for 2014
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Photo credit: USFWS Headquarters ) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seeing wildlife conservation in action just gained even more appeal. America’s national wildlife refuges will offer free admission to visitors on these days in 2014: January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day February 15-17: Presidents’ Day weekend September 27: National Public Lands Day October 12: The first day of National Wildlife Refuge Week November 11: Veterans Day The fee holiday is an annual inducement to visit public lands. National wildlife refuges are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, part of the Department of the Interior. National wildlife refuges protect many iconic species, such as alligators and bison, whooping cranes, moose and puffins. And they do it on awe-inducing landscapes that range from Oregon’s rocky cliffs to Texas lagoons, from Maine wilderness to woods and fields inside the city of Philadelphia. There’s at least one national wildlife refuge in...