For Immediate Release
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Contact: Dave Falzetti
E-mail: david_falzetti@fws.gov
Phone: 360-457-8451
Subject: The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge’s 100th Anniversary Celebration Events
Event: Kid’s Day
Date and Time: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 10:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, Voice of America Road , Sequim, WA
Come celebrate the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge’s Centennial at this free day of fun educational activities for the whole family. The first 200 kids that join the fun will get a Kid’s Day Passport that will guide them on a journey to learn about wildlife and habitats of the Olympic Peninsula and Washington Coast while gathering cool souvenirs to help them explore nature with their families. Climb inside a giant migrating salmon, see a miniature replica of the New Dungeness Lighthouse, create your own shell castings, examine insects, bones, shells and historic beach artifacts, create wildlife arts and crafts, and much, much more. You might even have a rare encounter with the elusive BIGFOOT!
Join the Friends of Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, New Dungeness Light Station Association, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Olympic National Park, Quilcene National Fish Hatchery and others in this unique once in a century event and learn how Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge has been working for wildlife since 1915.
Free and open to the public. For more information please call the Refuge office at 360-457-8451 or send an e-mail to: david_falzetti@fws.gov.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to this meeting or event for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, close captioning, or other accommodations to Dave Falzetti at 360-457-8451 or send an e-mail with to: david_falzetti@fws.gov, TTY 800-877-8339 with your request at least two weeks prior to the date of the event.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal governments with their conservation efforts.
The mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations.