New Refuge Manager Selected for Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama

Allyne "Lyne" Askins, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge system employee since 1998, has been selected to manage Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Askins, the former Assistant Refuge Manager at Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, in Chiefland, Florida, will begin her new assignment in mid-January.

"Lyne will be a definite asset to Bon Secour refuge because she has a strong biological background and good managerial skills," said Ricky Ingram, refuge supervisor over Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

"I look forward to managing the Bon Secour