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History of the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
The sanctuary was established by W. K. Kellogg in 1927, modeled after a similar refuge in Canada. It became part of a network of rest stops created to protect dwindling numbers of Canada geese as they made their annual migratory flights across North America. The return of the Canada goose population is an overwhelming conservation success story.
In 1928, cereal maker W. K. Kellogg donated the Sanctuary to Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan StateUniversity), where fisheries and wildlife experts could best manage its resources and use the Sanctuary as a center for research and education.
Along with the Kellogg Experimental Farm and nearby Kellogg Experimental Forest, it later became part of what is today Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station.
The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary remains an innovator in wildlife conservation efforts. Biologists here have, for example, been instrumental in efforts to reintroduce native populations of the trumpeter swan back to the wild in the U.S. Midwest.
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