Dave Menke - Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge Discovery Trail - Tulelake, CA
N 41° 56.779 W 121° 33.812
10T E 619066 N 4644813
A citizen memorial plaque is monumented on a boulder at the beginning of the Discovery Trail and near a building that is named after the individual being memorialized.
Waymark Code: WMRXA2
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2016
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Located at the beginning of Discovery Trail within the Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge is a metal plaque monumented on a boulder that reads:
DAVE MENKE ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION CENTER
DEDICATED IN MEMORY
OF
DAVE MENKE
US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
1991 - 2011"WE LEARN TO FLY NOT BY BECOMING FEARLESS,
BUT BY THE DAILY PRACTICE OF COURAGE."
1SAM KEEN-
PLAQUE DONATED BY
KLAMATH BASIN AUTOBON SOCIETY
I actually had the pleasure of knowing Dave Menke and worked with him many years ago on a wildlife refuge booklet that I designed as a graphic artist. He was a top notch professional guy and I know many people in the Klamath Basin miss him after his untimely death.