News Release

Pamlico Joe to Perform at Scuppernong River Festival

On October 9, Pamlico Joe (PJ) will be performing at the Scuppernong River Festival in Columbia, NC. PJ made his first performance at the Festival last year and has graciously accepted Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuges’ invitation to return. PJ has lived much of his life on the Pamlico River just a few miles west of Cape Hatteras in eastern North Carolina. A guitarist since age 12, he has spent a lot of time on the Pamlico River and feels right at home singing about her. PJ has been a professional performer since 1988 who came to life in 1992 at an Earth Day concert for a group of 2nd graders. The chance to mix his love of music with his love for the environment was a natural shift. Come celebrate Pamlico Joe with your refuge friends!

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses almost 540 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.

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