Resolution 552-1988
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Commissioner Mike Puto
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RESOLUTION NO. 552 -1988
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WHEREAS, JACK C. WATSON was the Game Management Agent for
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1946 through 1954; and
WHEREAS, JACK C. WATSON was the Manager of the National Key
Deer Refuge from 1954 through 1975; and
WHEREAS, through his devotion and tireless effort in the
development of the National Key Deer Refuge he was largely
responsible for the dramatic recovery of the endangered Key Deer;
and
WHEREAS, JACK C. WATSON was a legend in his own time, having
received the Conservationist of the Year Award in 1973 from the
National Wildlife Federation, and having received the Meritorious
Service Award in 1976 from the U.S. Department of the Interior;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that, in recognition of his meritoriuos
service and tireless devotion to duty, the 1st day of November,
1988 is hereby declared to be
JACK C. WATSON DAY
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 1st day of November, A.D., 1988.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor rman
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Attest :J)ANNX L. KOLHAGE, ~lerk
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APPROVED AS TO fORA1
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Attorney'.OIIice