SEBASTIAN — Teddy Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand will head back to the home of the nation’s first National Wildlife Refuge to celebrate its 119th anniversary on March 12. The anniversary event, ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Teddy Roosevelt designated Pelican Island as the nation’s first national wildlife refuge 121 years ago this week. Hundreds of refuges have since been added to the list, and ...

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the nation's first refuge, is located in Indian River County. Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge is located in Martin County. Both national ...

Pelican Island, located in the Indian River Lagoon, was designated as America's first national wildlife refuge in 1903. The island serves as a crucial nesting habitat for brown pelicans and over 130 ...

In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established the country's first-ever wildlife refuge in Florida's Indian River Lagoon: the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. And while the refuge itself is ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is creating a 4 million-acre conservation area in western Florida. The Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area was announced Monday Secretary of the ...

Florida is more than Disney World, the Cape Canaveral Space Center, the fun and frivolity of South Beach, the Daytona auto races, Busch Gardens, Universal Studios, the Everglades and other vacation ...

RESTORE SECURITY IN HAITI. THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IS ON THE TREASURE COAST. SHE’S MEETING WITH STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS, OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING NEW EFFORTS TO CONSERVE LAND AND ...