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2003 News Releases
 December
9, 2003 - Proposed Right-of-Way Permit Change on Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge
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November
26, 2003 - Local Refuge Manager Receives Department of Interior
Award for Environmental Stewardship |
November
20, 2003 - New Refuge Partnership Offers Exciting Volunteer Opportunities |
November
19, 2003 - Public Notice - Volunteer Pod on Alligator River National
Wildlife Refuge |
November
10, 2003 - Refuge Volunteer Retires after 14+ Years of Service |
October
29, 2003 - Opening of Farmfields on Alligator River National Wildlife
Refuge Extended Through November 15 |
October
27, 2003 - Pea Island's North Pond Bulkhead Contract to Begin |
October
15, 2003 - Kaiulani Lee's "A Sense of Wonder" - Free
Admission |
October
23, 2003 - Wings Over Water 2003 - Survives Hurricane Isabel! |
October
8, 2003- Refuges Open After Isabel |
October
10, 2003 - Prowl Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge During
Wings Over Water |
October
9, 2003 - National Wildlife Refuges Generate Jobs,, Sales Revenue
for Communities |
October
8, 2003 - Dare County Arts Council Active Partner with 2003 Wings
Over Water |
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8, 2003 - Wings Over Water Offers Discounts to Locals |
October
6, 2003 - Wings Over Water Is On Track- In Spite of Hurricane Isabel! |
October
1, 2003 - Partial Re-opening of local National Wildlife Refuges |
September
30, 2003 - National Wildlife Refuges and Edenton National Fish
Hatchery Recovering From Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina - -
$22 million in damages - |
September
30, 2003 - Update on Re-Opening of Parts of Alligator River and
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge |
September
29, 2003 - Partial Opening of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
for Public Recreation; Beaches Remain Closed |
September
29, 2003 - Local Wildlife Refuge Respond to Isabel Recovery |
September
23, 2003 - Local National Wildlife Refuges Closed to Public Access |
September
15, 2003 - Local National Wildlife Refuge "Batten the
Hatches" |
August
14, 2003 - Wildfest Scheduled for September 18, 2003 |
August
7, 2003 - Registration Open for October Wings Over Water |
July
28, 2003 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Gives $251,174 to Dare
County |
June
10, 2003 - Eastern NC Black Bears: Watch from a Safe Distance!! |
June
3, 2003 - Local Refuges Offer Public Interpretive Progams for All
Ages |
May
28, 2003 - Annual Fishing and Crabbing Rodeo at Pea Island Refuge |
May
28, 2003 - Elizabeth City Scouts Volunteer on Local Refuge |
May
21, 2003 - Strawser Wins Legends Award |
May
9, 2003 - Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Alligator
River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges |
May
7, 2003 - Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Welcomes New Interpreter |
May
7, 2003 - Macro Invertebrates Workshop on Pea Island National Wildlife
Refuge |
April
29, 2003 - Wildlife Hazard Eliminated; Family Reunited! |
April
28, 2003 - US Fish & Wildlife Service to Assist Eastern
North Carolina Fire Departments |
April
10- 22, 2003 - EARTH DAY 2003: A Time to Renew our Commitment to
our Natural Heritage |
April
4, 2003 - Volunteer Efforts Save Government Money |
April
4, 2003 - Refuge Firefighters Ready for Fire Season |
March
5, 2003 - Local Second Day Issue of Postage Stamp Coomemorating
Refuge Centennial |
February
28, 2003 - Murphy Peterson Memorialized During Black History Month |
February
27, 2003 - Kathy Whaley Announced as Deputy Project Leader for
Alligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges |
February
22, 2003 - Ann Marie Salewski Joins Refuge Staff |
February
26, 2003 - Volunteers Prepare Native Plant Garden for Pea Island
National Wildlife Refuge |
February
20, 2003 - Centennial Time Capsule to Celebrate National Wildlife
Refuges in NC |
February
5, 2003 - Wildlife Refuge Friends from 46 States Call on Congress to increase Refuge System Funding by $100 million |
January
29, 2003 - North Carolina's National Wildlife Refuges Celebrate
Centennial with Time Capsule |
Bonnie Strawser, Wildlife Interpretive Specialist for
Alligator River & Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges, received the
2003 American Recreation Coalition’s Legends
Award
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