J. Stokley Ligon papers, 1916-1954.

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J. Stokley Ligon papers, 1916-1954.

Correspondence, manuscripts, reports and clippings related to wildlife management. Photographs transferred to Photograph Collection accession no. 2003.23.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. Its mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. A 1940 reorganization plan in the Department of the Interior consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife was created...

United States. Bureau of Biological Survey

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Ligon, J. Stokley

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Biologist with the U.S. Biological Survey from 1913 to 1943. Specialized in predator/prey relationship in the American Southwest. From the description of J. Stokley Ligon papers, 1916-1954. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53221791 J. Stokley Ligon, wildlife specialist and conservationist, was born in Hays County, Texas, on June 22, 1879. He was educated in Texas and moved to New Mexico in 1907. In 1913, Ligon entered the U.S. Biological Survey and studied New Me...