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Photo of Paul Kroegel by George Nelson ©U.S.F.W.S. Pelican Island NWR Stamp ©United States Postal Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500320877536-7OLKUEQF3MN2IT0AX4UM/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo of Paul Kroegel by George Nelson Paul Kroegel on Pelican Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321366782-9TQM4H76KCBZEA02B2UJ/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Jackson, William Henry, c. 1898, "Shell mound Barker's Bluff, Indian River", Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. Kroegel homestead on Barker's Bluff, a huge "Ais" Indian Shell Mound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321493084-OIGDJHRNZB18T9L83EKJ/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo courtesy of the Sebastian Area Historical Society In 1908, a new house was built for Gottlob on the north side of the mound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321599131-9NZQTCKU61G9Z8VOZRJJ/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo courtesy of Sebastian Area Historical Society As a child, Rodney Kroegel rescued a variety of artifacts from the mound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321699923-WVZVITRK89VR06P5W5I5/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo courtesy of Sebastian Area Historical Society Barker's Bluff was one of the largest midden mounds in this part of Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321793333-P76P68EC13FUFBFYZ6XO/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo courtesy of Sebastian Area Historical Society Paul built a boat shop on the shore and created many of the early boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321892111-OYLEFG6665NEOC7TUURH/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo from George Nelson Collection Pelican Island has been a haven for brown pelicans for over 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500321983037-ZLO1SML6UD64UUHJ1EFN/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo from George Nelson Collection Though it lacked vegetation for decades, the island's cover has now made a good comeback. Wave breaks, and new mangroves are also being added to stabilize the shoreline and help in the overall restoration process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500322098008-TX3IEKMR0XDYX5VXHUNS/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo from George Nelson Collection During times without vegetation the pelicans learned to nest on the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500322186311-U1Q3HQY9Y4WM1XALZBRI/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo from George Nelson Collection The Island has weathered many stages of vegetation loss over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500322349067-P97XAWU149KKTB7TCO6U/stamp.jpg One Person Can Make a Difference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500322728884-KFP0BUJWK6MJ43EBS7YW/image-asset.jpeg One Person Can Make a Difference Photo courtesy Indian River County Historical Society http://www.firstrefuge.org/paul-kroegel-and-the-story-of-pelican-island daily 0.75 2019-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1573745958367-0YCRRS4SHWNPVMXBAWQF/indian-river-lagoon-national-scenic-byway-paul-kroegel-became-the-first-wildlife-91acd3.jpg Paul Kroegel and the Story of Pelican Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1573745854255-9IFPUJ0PWMCAROXL10DO/Sebastian_FL_Kroegel_memorial01.jpg Paul Kroegel and the Story of Pelican Island http://www.firstrefuge.org/ebird daily 0.75 2017-07-19 http://www.firstrefuge.org/new-page daily 0.75 2017-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500324058258-18L0CJEX8I7APS06KJK8/TR.jpg Pelican Island - 100 Years in the Making President Theodore Roosevelt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500324206349-QQVNDKINF0147KR4FEGQ/image-asset.jpeg Pelican Island - 100 Years in the Making America's first game warden and wildlife manager, Sebastian resident Paul Kroegel (1864-1948) with a brown pelican at Pelican Island taken in 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500324326548-Z1CILVTG72W8UZLZCNQ5/image-asset.jpeg Pelican Island - 100 Years in the Making Pelican eggs rest in a nest on Pelican Island, home to more than 90 species of birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c70a82f5e231c7e41d5b24/1500324462682-XHP2AI4PA3D95UG96BDL/image-asset.jpeg Pelican Island - 100 Years in the Making An aerial view of Pelican Island, which sits in the Indian River between the Sebastian Inlet and the Wabasso Causeway. 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