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Refuges Chief to Speak at SIU Conservation Opening
The head of the U.S. wildlife refuge system will be the featured speaker at the opening ceremonies for a new Conservation Education Land Area south of Little Grassy Lake on Saturday. Robert Scott of the U.S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife will speak after an 11:30 a.m. ribbon cutting led by SIU President Delyte Morris. The site will be run by SIU under a memorandum with the bureau, the first such public education area on refuge land. The event, at the SIU Outdoor Education Center, will be joined by area sportsmen clubs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials, and the Wilson Ornithological Society meeting in session at SIU.
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United States
Little Grassy Lake
Robert Scott
Chicago
U.S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
SIU
Bureau
Federal
Rocky Comfort Road
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wilson Ornithological Society