Name: Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge: Can it Survive Funding Cuts?
Start: 2025-08-18T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-18T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge: Can it Survive Funding Cuts?

Public Meeting on Federal Funding Cuts to Eastern Neck Wildlife Preserve
Join us to learn about the importance of Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, where more than 70,000 people visit annually for recreation and to enjoy its natural beauty. Find out how drastic budget cuts to the US Fish & Wildlife Service jeopardize the health of the refuge and threaten its survival. Without adequate staff, Eastern Neck could be “shuttered," public access curtailed, and the Visitors Center closed. Invasive plants would grow unchecked, migratory waterfowl would be at risk, and hunts would end.
Presentation and discussion led by:
Bill Burton & Bonnie Ford
President & VP
Friends of Eastern Neck
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