Patuxent Research Refuge (U.S.)

found: The History of Patuxent, 2016:ECIP galley (the facility known as Patuxent has evolved from the original Patuxent Research Refuge to the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, and eventually to a two-agency facility; Patuxent established as the Nation's first wildlife research station through an Executive Order in 1936; located in Beltsville, Maryland; under the Bureau of Biological Survey; by 1940, the Bureau of Biological Survey was replaced by the Fish and Wildlife Service; in 1956 renamed the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; as of 1996 the land ownership, management, and public-use operations were under the historical name of Patuxent Research Refuge, research operation (USGS) continued to be known as the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, both were individiually managed and administered, but work together to support Patuxent missions; Patuxent Research Refuge (PRR))