wildlife refuges

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is bringing staff back to keep open dozens of wildlife refuges including Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Okla., despite the government shutdown.

Interior Restaffs Some Wildlife Refuges During Shutdown

8:08pm January 09, 2019

by Nathan Rott

Furloughed staff will return to 38 protected sites around the country. Critics are panning the move as a way to avoid bad optics during the political tussle.