Our own Aransas National Wildlife Refuge has been nominated as one of the 10 best Wildlife Refuges in the country in the latest travel award contest by USA TODAY! An expert panel of USA TODAY selected Aransas National Wildlife Refuge – Texas as one of 20 contenders for the Best National Wildlife Refuge category. The contest gives voters four weeks to vote for the candidate of their choice at http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-national-wildlife-refuge/. A person can vote once a day until the contest ends.

Voting ends Monday, March 30th, 2015 at 11:59 a.m. EDT and the winners will be announced on 10Best on Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 at 11:59 a.m. EDT, then later on USA TODAY. Winning or just being in the top 10 will give our refuge a lot of national attention and increase the number of visitors which will help with funding this great asset to our area and state. Please VOTE
now!
-Vera Wiatt