
House passes Recovering America’s Wildlife Act: Bill heads to Senate
The House voted 231-190 on Tuesday to pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, a bipartisan conservation bill that will amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Act.

The House voted 231-190 on Tuesday to pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, a bipartisan conservation bill that will amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Act.

A bear cub found in a roadway in Nelson County last week was found to have a humeral fracture of his right front leg. Dr. Karra Peirce, the veterinary director at the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, knew just who to call.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia will be releasing an adult bald eagle that has been a patient at the Center since late March.

Untamed: Life is Wild is an award-winning television series co-produced by the Wildlife Center of Virginia and VPM, Virginia’s home for public media.

Season 4 of “Untamed: Life is Wild,” an award-winning TV series co-produced by the Wildlife Center of Virginia and VPM, will debut on Thursday, April 21, with new episodes weekly on Thursdays through June 9.

Rep. Don Beyer, author of the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act, is applauding Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland’s announcement this week of new federal actions to advance the department’s work on wildlife corridors.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia began admitting this year’s bear cubs from several locations throughout Virginia last April. Now, it’s time for them to be returned to the wild.

At the Wildlife Center of Virginia, the patients who come in provide information for staff about what is happening outside in nature.

Fisheries biologists with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources recently identified gill lice on rainbow trout in a stream in Southwest Virginia.

Staff, students, and volunteers at the Wildlife Center of Virginia are preparing for the very busiest time of year – baby season!
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