Archive Collection



		Conservation Archives Archive Collection of Conservation Images and Artifacts From the Fish and Wildlife Service
		Preservation Guidelines from the NCTC Archives D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery the home of our national fisheries heritage National Wildlife Refuge Time Capsule Artifacts and Recommendations Theodore Roosevelt: Friend of Birds (1915) Film footage of Roosevelt visiting early bird sanctuaries Nov. 1902 Washington Post Cartoon of Roosevelt, origin of Teddy Bear 1871 Original 1871 legislation creation the U.S. Commission of Fisheries, our earliest predecessor agency. 1903 Paul Kroegel first refuge employee at Pelican Island (established 1903). 1934 The first duck stamp from a design by Jay Ding Darling. 1949 Rachel Carson (left) in 1949 while still an employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
		This web page is maintained by: Mark Madison, Historian National Conservation Training Center Mark_Madison@fws.gov