Changing of the Guard

We are having to say good-bye to Whitney Kroschel, PhD, who has been serving as Bitter Lake Acting Refuge Manager. Her home base is the San Andreas National Wildlife Refuge near Las Cruces. She has been splitting her time between the two refuges for several months now. She says she has truly enjoyed working at Bitter Lake and will miss being here. We appreciate all the work Whitney has done keeping our refuge on track. It has been a pleasure to have her on the team, and we hope to see her again. Brooke Burrows from the Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge down near Houston will be filling in as the next Acting Refuge Manager. She comes highly recommended by both Whitney and Lindsey Landowski. We also want to say “thank you” to Lindsey who has remained in contact with these Acting Managers and has been very supportive. Continue reading the May 2026 Newsletter