Report says the national wildlife refuges are underfunded. By Mary Pemberton. Associated Press.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project and the creator of The Wildlife News.
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Several of my favorite East Coast refuges, including Brigantine in New Jersey and Chincoteague in Virginia, are suffering. VCs are barely open (not at all for primary weekend hours), infrastructure repairs have been shelved and staffers are hard to find, if at all. Pretty damn sad. Very sad.