For The Media

News Releases

• National Wildlife Refuge Week, October 12 -18, 2008 (pdf)
• Proclamation, National Wildlife Refuge Week, Board of County Commissioners, Indian River County - September 23, 2008 (pdf)
• New Guided Beginning Bird Watching Tours at Pelican Island - October 10, 2007 (pdf)
• Centennial Trail Named a National Recreation Trail - October 4, 2007 (pdf)
• Centennial Trail to Reopen as a National Recreation Trail - September 24, 2007 (pdf)
• Huge Volunteer Turnout to Clean Up Local Refuges - September 16, 2007 (pdf)
• Volunteers Needed to Help Cleanup Local Refuges - August 28, 2007 (pdf)
• Mangrove Island Restoration Begins at Pelican Island Refuge - August 21, 2007 (pdf)
• Extended Closures for Boardwalk Maintenance - August 15, 2007 (pdf)
• Extension of Closure for Boardwalk Maintenance - August 6, 2007 (pdf)
• Trails Closed for Boardwalk Maintenance - July 5, 2007 (pdf)

Centennial Celebration, March 2003

• America's First National Wildlife Refuge To Host 100th Anniversary Celebration -- An Important National Story with a Tie-in to the Wildlife Refuge Near You -- 1-30-03
• Pelican Island Gets Ready to Celebrate 100 Years of Conservation Success -- 10-18-02
• First Wildlife Refuge Celebrated With Issuance of New Postal Stamp -- click here View the Stamp

Press Kit

• Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Fact Sheet - (pdf)
• Pelican Island Story Ideas
• Photographs - for media use< - (300dpi) - Credit: USFWS
• Centennial Celebration Schedule of Events - (pdf)
• The Centennial Trail: A Walk Through the History of the National Wildlife Refuge System - (pdf)
• Florida Refuges Fact Sheet - (pdf) Map and Quick Facts
• Paul Kroegel, American Conservation Hero Fact Sheet - (pdf)
• The Pelican Island Story Fact Sheet - (pdf)
• The Story of Pelican Island --
  The debut song by the Blue Eyed Monsters (click on the icon link to hear it). CD's available to the media.
• Centennial "Online Almanac" for Journalists and Filmmakers -- Refuge System FAQs, Fact Sheets, and story ideas for refuges across America.

 

B-roll and additional photos are available on request. Interviews also available. Contact Joanna Webb (Joanna_Webb@fws.gov) at (772)-562-3909 ext 258 for additional information.