View source for History:Pelican Island First National Wildlife Refuge 1902-03-14

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|Name=Pelican Island First National Wildlife Refuge
|Date=March 14, 1902
|Region=Indian River County
|Water=Central Indian River
|Description=On March 14, 1902, with the encouragement of Paul Kroegel, Frank Chapman and the Florida Audubon Society, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation, in what would become the first wildlife refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
|Article=Paul Kroegel
|Source=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|SourceURL=https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html
|Image=Paul-Kroegel.jpg
|Poster=Admin
|Posted=20191224110510
}}