The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Donna Stovall has been selected as manager of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon.
Stovall currently is manager of the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Hawaii, encompassing James C. Campbell and Pearl Harbor national wildlife refuges on the of Oahu. She received a degree in wildlife and fisheries science from Texas A & M University in 1984. Her introduction to the Service started in her home town of Weslaco, Texas, where she was employed in the Youth Conservation Corps at Santa Anna National Wildlife Refuge. Stovall also has worked for the Service at other refuges in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Alaska, giving her a broad spectrum of experience that includes remote field locations and agricultural ranching activities.
Stovall replaces David Stanbrough who retired in December 2002. She reports to the refuge on May 4, 2003.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 540 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
