Mar 14, 2012
On March 14, 1903, without fanfare, President Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing
Pelican Island as a federal bird reservation — the forerunner to the National Wildlife Refuge System.
This was the first time that the federal government set aside land for the sake of wildlife. Paul
Kroegel was hired as the first national wildlife refuge manager. He [...]
Posted in Annual Events, Southeast Region, Wildlife Refuges by: RefugeWatch
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Mar 14, 2012
For anyone who has followed bird art produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the name Bob Hines should be familiar.
Robert W. (Bob) Hines (1912-1994) was born in Columbus, Ohio, and though he had no formal training in art or in wildlife science, by the age of twenty-seven he was working as staff [...]
Posted in Annual Events, California/Nevada Region, Congress, Dept. of Interior, Duck Stamps, Wildlife Refuges by: RefugeWatch
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