Litzenberger named Refuge Manager of the Year

Litzenberger named Refuge Manager of the Year

Ken Litzenberger has a pet name for the part of his job he likes least as a national wildlife refuge national wildlife refuge
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manager: the one-eyed monster. It's the computer, slowly eating his time as he inputs data, completes reports and documents administrative tasks.

The really good days, he said, are the ones spent on a refuge, where he can "smell the roses."

"Banding ducks, doing wildlife surveys, waterfowl surveys, banding pelicans