A younger Tobin and a black bear

A black and white portrait of a black man -- A Fish and Wildlife Service employee, squatting behind a sedated, trapped bear
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USFWS

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A younger Tobin and a black bear trapped at the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (the bear was OK, merely sedated). Tobin’s conservation career began about four decades ago in his native South Carolina.