Dewitt Jones at the 2011 Conserving the Future vision conference
At the Conserving the Future Vision Conference two years ago Dewitt Jones urged us all to embrace the words, “carpe diem,” or “seize the day”, every day of our lives. Part of this campaign we are embarking on is to do just that; seize on America’s connection to our wild places and the people who recreate on them every day.
People care about our work: they care about the wild places and animals that we protect and want us to conserve these natural resources. The Refuge System has been conserving natural resources ever since Paul Kroegel decided to take a stand in 1903. Now, with over 150 million acres, it’s a lot of work; but to most in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, this is the kind of work that we had hoped to do. Over the next twelve days we plan to capture these moments and showcase it to the American public.
Follow along with us as we journey down the coast from Virginia to Florida national wildlife refuges, talk to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees, anglers, Friends, state partners, and more as we showcase the renewed vision for the National Wildlife Refuge System, Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation!
Anna Harris is the Vision Coordinator for Conserving the Future and a member of the team taking vision on the road.
