Happening now @InteriorMuseum: @USFWS historian Mark Madison joins us to share the history of wildlife conservation in 10 objects. First up: fish car chinaware... 
Next up...law enforcement badges and a refuge sign
The engraving plate for Ding Darling's design on the first Federal duck stamp
Fred Glover's aviation helmet! He was a pilot biologist helping to discover and study migratory bird flyways.
Circa 1918 branding irons used on the bison herd at the Wichita Mountains Refuge in Oklahoma
A twice-autographed first edition of Rachel Carson's seminal work, "Silent Spring."
A feeding puppet used in the recovery project for endangered California condors
Items confiscated from wildlife trafficking operations
A taxidermy specimen of a black-footed ferret. The species was deemed extinct in the US in 1979, but this one ("Lucille") was found on a ranch in 1981! Reintroduced, there are now about 1,200 in the wild.
Final, bonus object: 1974 "Slurpee" cup from 7-Eleven. @USFWS partnered to help create this "endangered species" cup series; a percentage of the proceeds went to establish a bald eagle refuge in South Dakota.
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