Publications

"FRIENDS FORWARD" Newsletters
This quarterly newsletter will keep the 250 Refuge Friends organizations and others up to date on noteworthy developments and underscore the Refuge System's appreciation for the good work of the approximately 40,000 members of Friends organizations.

Friends Forward - Spring 2008 (437 KB PDF)

Friends Forward - Winter 2008 (683 KB PDF)

Friends Forward - Fall 2007 (872 KB PDF)

Friends Forward - Summer 2007 (388 KB PDF)

Friends Forward - Spring 2007 (604 KB PDF)

Friends Forward Inaugural Edition - Winter 2006/2007 (970 KB PDF)

To date, three publications have been produced through the Refuge Support Group Program. These publications are easy to use tools that are aimed at assisting Refuge Support Groups with their organizational, fundraising, and networking needs:

• Building your nest egg: an introduction to raising funds for national wildlife refuge support groups. Heinze-Lacey, Beverly. (2000). Washington, DC: National Wildlife Refuge Association & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

• Refuge Support Group (Friends) Directory. (2000, January). Washington, DC: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

• Taking flight: an introduction to building refuge friends organizations. Heinze-Lacey, Beverly & Mehaffey, Margaret (Eds.). (1997). Washington, DC: National Wildlife Refuge Association.

Copies may be obtained by contacting the Division of Refuges Refuge Support Group Coordinator. Telephone: (703) 358-1744. Click here to view the Refuge Support Group (Friends) Directory on-line.