It should say “Tomorrow’s Challenges” in the top right corner. Right now it seems like we are coming from Yesterday’s Pelican Island to Tomorrow’s Urban Refuge, and I don’t think that’s what we are trying to say. We are not moving away from our roots at Pelican Island, we are preserving those wild lands and [...]

And aren’t plants wildlife too? Yet we always seem to write fish, plants, and wildlife separate when the word wildlife could be all encompassing. It must be a lawyer thing!

It seems like the vision is to do more of everything…fully implement and fund everything we are doing now, plus some!

I think refuge managers should work on partnerships whenever possible, but I think it is secondary to “running the refuge.” You can’t devote too much time off refuge, the needs are there. I believe regional offices and ecological services are already working at landscape levels. I know refuge employees can be “station minded” but that’s [...]

“The Refuge System should continue to encourage employees to gain a diversity of experiences during their careers; however, there must also be career ladders and opportunities that can enable employees to achieve higher graded positions without relocating.” Does this mean more 5/7/9 positions, or maybe an 11/12/13? How about when an employee takes…[Read more]

“Future employees may have spent less time outdoors and more time with electronic media than those who have historically been attracted to the Service.” We need to stop always referring to young people as nothing but vidoe-gamers and texters. Though I believe the statement above is true, today’s youth will be more technologically advanced, but [...]