Latest News & Interesting Stories
guided Tram Tours of the refuge will resume on wednesdays in mid-january through april. tours are from 8 to 10am. reservation are required and can be made by calling the Pelican Island NWR at 772-581-5557.
Indian River County celebrates its 100th anniversary beginning in January 2025. They plan to join us for our Pelican Island NWR 122nd anniversary celebration in March. For more information about events celebrating the Centennial throughout the year, visit their “A Century in Paradise” website.
In Memory of Walt Stieglitz
By Paul Tritaik
A local and national conservation hero passed away on February 12, 2021. Few people were as dedicated to the protection and stewardship of Pelican Island as Walt Stieglitz. I first met Walt on March 10, 1996 during the 4th Annual Pelican Island Wildlife Festival at Sebastian River High School.
Lawrence Wineland (1912-1997) initiated and led fourth-grade field trips to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in the mid-1970s, before environmental education was a serious discipline.
A Look Back
Lawrence Wineland | From FWS
Check out this interesting historical detail about Pelican Island.
friday Meet & Greets
Did you know that refuge volunteers are present at the refuge every Friday from 10:30am to 1:30pm to answer questions and help you navigate our nation’s first wildlife refuge?