Service Recognizes Successful Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Partnership, Presents Prestigious Silver Eagle Award to Pheasants Forever’s Joe Duggan
Regional Director Tom Melius presented the Silver Eagle Award to Joe Duggan, Pheasants Forever, and recognized staff involved in that partnership that have brought the success of the President and CEO of Pheasants Forever, Howard Vincent, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region Refuge Supervisor , Jim Leach, Joe Duggan, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director, Tom Melius. Photo by USFWS. Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Grant and its resulting Waterfowl Production Area acquisitions. “Partnerships are the bread and butter of successful organizations, and ours with Pheasants Forever is an outstanding example of that,” said Melius. “Pheasants Forever is a long-standing partner with the Service in our Midwest Region. Their willingness to act as our ‘realty agent’ using Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage dollars to acquire lands that will become Waterfowl Production Areas, has landed over $24 million in Minnesota, since 2009.” Pheasants Forever President/CE...