Ellen "Nell" Baldacchino Oral History Transcript

Ellen "Nell" Baldacchino Oral History Transcript
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Ms. Baldacchino talks about early life and growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, where she connected with nature through roaming the coastal marshes and fishing and crabbing with her cousins at nearby Isle of Palms.  A big influence in her life would be going to the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s Conservation Camp, spending many summers there as a student and a counselor.  She graduated with her bachelor’s in biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina and obtained her master’s in wildlife management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI).  She discusses her career starting out as an intern (Recreation Specialist) at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and retiring from Patuxent Research Refuge.  She shares some of her work-related experiences as well as some stories from her time with the Service.  Ms. Baldacchino still volunteers when she can at Patuxent Research Refuge.

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Ellen "Nell" Baldacchino
Libby Herland
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Subject tags
Recreation
Visitor services
Biologists (USFWS)
Wildlife refuges
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Northeast
Southeast