On May 19, 2015, the Junior Class of PSJA North High School presented a check to the Friends of the Wildlife Corridor in support of programs at the Santa Ana and Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuges. This year the check was for $1,700! left to right: Ally Elizondo (Student Council Historian), Marie Santiago (Science…
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On January, 10, 2015, USFWS hosted a wildlife tour followed by dinner at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge to honor partnerships that have increased protected habitat for the endangered ocelot. Honorees included: Phil and Karen Hunke, McAllen conservationists who worked with The Nature Conservancy to protect 1,119 acres of their Tecolote Ranch in Hidalgo County….
This morning, December 4, 2014, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge celebrated a great collaborative effort – the construction of the awesome Willow Lakes Boardwalk. This project was done with the cooperation of USFWS staff, Friends of the Wildlife Corridor, United Airlines Foundation, and a great team of volunteers. The original boardwalk was damaged in the…
Rio Reforestation XXIII was held on October 18, 2014 at a 21-acre field within the La Casita-West tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. This site is on the second terrace of the immediate flood-plain of the Rio Grande and has a scenic overlook of the river and Mexico. Volunteers planted approximately 13,000…
PRESS RELEASE ___________________________________ New Website for Friends of the Wildlife Corridor On August 1, 2014, the Friends of the Wildlife Corridor launched its new website at www.friendsofthewildlifecorridor.org . The website features an online Nature Store offering select items also found in the FWC Nature Store in the Visitor Center at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. The website…
