In the News: Celebrating 109th Birthday of the National Wildlife Refuge System

 
Ducks take off at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Photo: Steve Hillebrand
                                                                        

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

The birth of the National Wildlife Refuge System on March 14, 1903, ensured that our children and our children’s children will inherit an America that still has natural spaces and the wild creatures.

President Teddy Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on Florida’s Pelican Island to protect wild birds from bounty hunters. Today, the Refuge System’s 556 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts make up the nation’s premier network of public lands, providing vital habitat for thousands of animal and plant species. Read the story..