Happy Birthday Refuge System!!
Celebrate the birthday of the National Wildlife Refuge System at a refuge near you! It was on March 14, 1903 when President Theodore Roosevelt set aside tiny Pelican Island in Florida for the protection of pelicans and other birds. From this humble beginning arose the National Wildlife Refuge System we know today with over 550 refuges across the country providing space for wildlife and places for all Americans to recreate and reconnect with the great outdoors.
