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Home > Programs and Policy > Global Warming > Wildlife Refuges and Global Warming > Case Studies

Programs and Policy

  • Wildlife Refuges and Global Warming
    • Threats to Alaska
    • Tackling the Global Warming Threat
    • Global Warming Threats to Prairies
    • Coastal Refuges and Sea Level Rise
    • Case Studies
      • Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
      • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
      • Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
      • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
      • Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
      • Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
      • Devil's Lake Wetland Management District
      • Erie National Wildlife Refuge
      • Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
      • Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      • J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
      • Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
      • Lewis and Clark National National Wildlife Refuge
      • Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge
      • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
      • Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
      • Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
      • Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge
      • Upper Mississippi National Wildlife & Fish Refuge

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Case Studies

Wholesale change to ecosystems and habitats will reduce the Refuges System's ability to support wildlife and visitor programs.

Click on the links below to learn more about how global warming will affect these wildlife refuges.

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Devil's Lake Wetland Management District
Erie National Wildlife Refuge
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Lewis and Clark National National Wildlife Refuge
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Mississippi National Wildlife & Fish Refuge

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Related Information

Action Alerts

Protect the Refuge, Reject Big Oil

Protect Wildlife at Our Borders!

Events

National Wildlife Refuge Week

Press Releases

Defenders recommends eye exam after Rep. Boehner claims "No wildlife in the Arctic refuge" (7/15/2008)

House pulls for more funds for refuges (6/11/2008)

Groups seek to restore health of Elk Refuge herds (6/3/2008)

Publications

Joint Letter to House Regarding Oil Speculation (07/17/2008)

Joint Letter to Senate Regarding Oil Speculation (07/17/2008)

Testimony of Jamie Rappaport Clark - June 2008 (06/24/2008)

Defenders Magazine Articles

On the Ground: Rabbit, Run (Summer 2008)

Defenders in Action: Defenders Wins Battle to Protect Wildlife Refuge (Spring 2008)

Legal Cases

Bison and Elk Refuge Management Plan (6/3/2008)

Border Fence Construction: San Pedro Riparian NCA (11/1/2007)

Multimedia

Map of Proposed Texas Border Wall (10/05/2007)

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