Lawsuit challenges use of GMO crops and pesticides in U.S. wildlife refuges

http://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2013/09/lawsuit-challenges-use-gmo-crops-and-pesticides-us-wildlife-refuges

There's a special focus on maintaining habitat for waterfowl and other bird species native to the region, which has lost an estimated 80 percent of its wetlands and more than 99 percent of its native prairie.

Mammals, reptiles, insects and wildflowers, including the western prairie fringed orchid, are also highlighted in materials about resource management in the district, which is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.