The Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge champions the protection of wildlife and their habitats by broadening public understanding of and engagement in the natural and cultural resources of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Join the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and the Refuge staff as we celebrate, protect, and educate others about native wildlife and habitats t
hat exist on the Ridgefield National Widlife Refuge. In addition to restoring native habitats, the Refuge also is home to a significant archaeological site. Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge's (FRNWR) social media comment policy:
Comments on FRNWR social media sites will be removed at the discretion of the organization, for any of the following reasons: If the comments are not topically related to the content of FRNWR’s original post; express support or opposition to political parties, campaigns or ballot measures; include profane or obscene language or images including vulgar, offensive, threatening, harassing, or personal attacking language; conduct or promote non-FRNWR commercial products or business; express discrimination based on legally protected status such as race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation; promote illegal activity or activities that may be illegal based on a viewer’s status (such as age); compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems; transmit protected or private information; violate a legal ownership interest of any party including copyright and trademark; contain links or hashtags to sites that violate these restrictions including hyperlinks to material not directly related to FRNWR’s original post; and/or contain symbols, numbers, and letters to circumvent any of the above. Posts to FRNWR’s social media accounts, including but not limited to comments, are not the proper forum for providing FRNWR with legal notice, submitting petitions or other forms, submitting public comments for official comment periods (such as rule making), or for submitting public records requests under the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. Please see WAC 220-120 for proper submission of public records requests. Any comments received on social media are considered a public record.
