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Senator Reed was presented with a national award from the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (C.A.R.E.) for his outstanding support of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Reed, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, has been a longtime supporter of adequate funding for America’s wildlife refuges and has demonstrated his commitment to conservation through his leadership in Congress.

The award was presented today at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown.  A former Navy rifle range, Sachuest Point was established as a wildlife refuge in 1970.  The 242-acre refuge provides an important stopover and wintering area for migratory birds.

Reed, a native of Cranston, RI, is very familiar with the Refuge System. Rhode Island boasts five national wildlife refuges in the state.  In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which did nearly $70 million in damage to several Northeast refuges, Reed made a point of ensuring the refuges and surrounding communities impacted by the storm received federal funding to repair the damage and make them more resilient to future storms.