America's Great Outdoors Initiative

Kelly Purkey, Manager of the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, near Tallulah, LA presented a framed certificate to members of the Nature-Based Tourism Initiative in Northeast Louisiana recognizing the efforts of those who worked to create the “Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Paddling Trail.” The plaque reads:

 

United States Department of the Interior

This certificate is awarded as a part of the

America’s Great Outdoors Initiative

to the

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Paddling Trail

In recognition of conservation and outdoor recreation achievements

Attained through collaboration and partnerships.

 

      Ken Salazar, Secretary of Interior              David M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

                                                           Dated the 8^th day of September, 2013

 

 

The group wishes to acknowledge the Walton Family Foundation and the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge for the role they each played in making this development possible.