Enoch S. "Inky" Moore Jr. (1925 – October 15, 2000) was a conservation advocate from North Newton Township, Newville,

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. He was a graduate of Riverside High School in

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. Later he joined the

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and served in

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and the

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. He was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor

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to represent the sixth district for the state Fish and Boat Commission and founded or presided in a number of conservation schools and camps, such as the Carlisle Fish and Game Association (charter member and former president), Cumberland County Chapter of

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(co-founder), Rivers Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp, Carlisle (co-founder), and Cumberland County Junior Conservation School (co-founder and staff member). He was posthumously given the state's Ralph W. Abele Conservation Heritage Award for the year 2000, for having "personally invested heavily in the long-term education of Pennsylvania’s youth on conservation issues vital to an improved aquatic environment." He had been a member of the award committee, and was reviewing nominations for the award to the day before his death. Moore died on October 15, 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Inky 1925 births 2000 deaths American conservationists people from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania