The Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina hopes to expand by tens of thousands of acres, according to a recently released final land protection plan.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a final land protection plan last week that is to guide the expansion of the Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the final land protection plan which allows for the protection of up to 287,090 acres of wildlife habitat and hardwood forest as part ...