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Pelican Web Menu With Graphic Hot Links Click here to go to the Breton NWR Home Page Click here to go to the Breton NWR Home Page Click here to go to the pelican web home page Click here to go to the pelican biology page Clck here to go to the pelican habitat page Click here to see the pelican location maps Click here to see our partners in pelican conservation Click here to see links to more information

To navigate around the "pelican web" use the menu to the right.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) leads the management of Breton National Wildlife Refuge and the endangered brown pelican. The importance of the refuge, the wilderness areas within the refuge and the brown pelican is obvious to our partners.

The Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parish 4H group helped the USFWS celebrate the centennial of the National Wildlife Refuge System in 2004. The 4H group also completed several habitat restoration projects on Breton Island. The 4H group was supported by the Louisiana State University AgCenter and the Gulf of Mexico Foundation.

President Teddy Roosevelt created Breton National Wildlife Refuge as the nation's second national wildlife refuge in 1904. The USFWS, the State of Louisiana and our partners celebrated the centennial of the creation of the refuge in 2004. Sam Hamilton, Administrator of the U.S. Fish, Southeast Region and Teddy Roosevelt IV spoke to the centennial gathering.

The USFWS would like to thank all our partners for their efforts to protect Breton National Wildlife Refuge and the brown pelican.

See the Links page for example projects.

We'd also like to thank ConocoPhillips for their support in the creation of the Brown Pelican Web pages and funding of portions of the habitat restoration and satellite tracking programs. The Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. also supported the creation of the Brown Pelican Web as well as many other projects and programs at the Southeast Louisiana Refuges Complex.

Photo of the 4H Group with the Centennial Clebration Banner
All photos this page: Credit USWFS		 The Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parish 4H group helped the USFWS celebrate the centennial of the National Wildlife Refuge System in 2004.

The 4H group installs fence posts and fence to protect the beach and dunes from erosion.

 Photo of the 4H group installing erosion control fence
Photo of the Breton NWR centennial celebration on the beach at the refuge Sam Hamilton, Administrator of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, speaks to the centennial gathering.

Theodore Roosevelt IV speaks to the Breton National Wildlife Refuge centennial gathering.

 Photo of Teddy Roosevelt IV at the Breton NWR centennial celebration


Last Updated on September 1, 2008