Rebekah Martin, 2023 Refuge Manager of the Year

The National Wildlife Refuge Association recently selected Rebekah Martin, project leader for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coastal North Carolina National Wildlife Refuge Complex, as the 2023 Paul Kroegel National Wildlife Refuge Manager of the Year. The award is named for the first manager of the first national wildlife refuge, established in 1903 at Pelican Island in Florida.