President Roosevelt Establishes Pelican Island Bird Refuge
- Date Range
- March 14, 1904 – March 14, 1904
- Title
- President Roosevelt Establishes Pelican Island Bird Refuge
- What occurred
- President Roosevelt was an avid environmentalist and lover of birds(his first published work being, "The Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County" in 1877). As such, when he learned about the destruction of them in Florida for Plume Feathers, he would create Pelican Island; the first bird sanctuary in the United States. This way Birds would have a place to nest and raise their young without threat of being killed.
- Location
- Washington D.C and Florida, USA
- Image Citation
- Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
- Student name(s)
- Sebastian Czechowski