Spring 2003 Fish & Wildlife News: National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial

Fish & Wildlife News is the magazine of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is written by and about Fish and Wildlife Service employees in offices around the nation.

Contents  

• Director’s Corner: Looking Back, Looking Forward   
• A System of Lands for Wildlife and People, for Today as Well as Tomorrow   
• Future of the Refuge System   
• Fulfilling the Promise for One Hundred Years   
• Keeping the Service in the Fish & Wildlife Service   
• Timeline of Refuge Creation   
• Shaping the NWRS: 100 Years of History   
• The First 75 Years:    A Varied and Colorful History
• The Last 25 Years: Our Refuge System   
• The First Refuge Manager   
• Pelican Island’s First Survey   
• CCC Had Profound Effect on Refuge System   
• Refuge Pioneer: Tom Atkeson   
• From Air Boats to Rain Gauges   
• A Refuge Hero Called “Mr. Conservation”   
• The Duck Stamp: It’s Not Just for Hunters –– Refuges Benefit, Too   
• Caught in a Web and Glad of It   
• Aquatic Resource Conservation on Refuges   
• To Conserve and Protect: Law Enforcement on Refuges
• Jewels of the Prairie Shine Like Diamonds in the Refuge System Crown   
• Untrammeled by Man   
• Ambassadors to Alaska: The Refuge Information Technicians Program   
• Realty Role: Adding to the NWRS  
• Safe Havens for Endangered Species   
• The Lasting Legacy of Three Fallen Firefighters: Origins of Professional Firefighting in the Refuge System   
• Part Boot Camp: Part Love-In   
• Sanctuary and Stewardship for Employees   
• How a Big, Foreign-Born Rat Came to Personify a Wildlife Refuge Battle with Aquatic Nuisance Species   
• Braving the Border   
• Wildlife Knows No Borders   
• The National Refuge System Centennial Commission: Polishing Pieces of Natural Treasure for the American People   
• Ducks Unlimited and Refuges Share Common Goals   
• The Unusual Origins of Ducks Unlimited   
• Audubon and America’s Wildlife Refuges: A Century of Partnership   
• A Little CARE Goes a Long Way   
• Finding Solace with the Wood Drake   
• Working Together for Habitat Management   
• The Refuges: Portals to Birding   
• Preserving Roosevelt’s Legacy   
• From Sea to Shining Sea   
• Growing Up on a Refuge   
• Growing Up on a Refuge Proves “Endlessly Interesting”   
• Childhood On Refuges Led To Urban Service Career   
• Family Logs 50 Years of Service on Savannah Coastal Refuges   
• Passion for Antioch Dunes Inspires New Career   
• Not Even the Flagpole Is the Same   
• The Gift that Keeps on Giving   
• I’m Ready for My Close Up, Mr. DeMille   
• The Refuge System: A Personal Association   
• A Friend with History   
• This Woman Came Alive with the Wildlife Refuge System   
• Why Urban Refuges Matter   
• A Family of Volunteers   
• Centennial Thoughts from Middle Age