U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Southeast Region News Release

January 17, 2003

Contact:
Tom R. MacKenzie, Chief, Media Relations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Southeast Region, 404-679-7291

Refuge Centennial Coming March 14, 2003

From one five-acre island grew the world’s greatest system of lands for wildlife......

Mark Your Calendar!
The Celebration of a
Century of Conservation
100 Years of the
National Wildlife Refuge System
March 13-16, 2003
Sebastian, Florida

President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on March 14, 1903 at Pelican Island, Florida. Today, the National Wildlife Refuge System protects nearly
95 million acres, with 540 national wildlife refuges and thousands of wetland production areas.

For area lodging information and additional event details as they develop,
go to http://pelicanisland.fws.gov

Events being held nationwide. Need story ideas? Media should check out: http://refuges100.fws.gov

For the media in the Southeast, call (404) 679-7291 or e-mail tom_mackenzie@fws.gov

Centennial Invitation (pdf) -- http://southeast.fws.gov/news/2003/cent_invitation.pdf

For more information about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
visit our home page at http://southeast.fws.gov/ or http://www.fws.gov/.

NOTE: You can view our releases or subscribe to receive them -- via e-mail -- at the Service's Southeast Regional home page at http://southeast.fws.gov. Our national home page is at: http://news.fws.gov/newsreleases/.

Atlanta, GA 30345
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