In the spring of 2009, the public was asked to submit suggestions for a name for this trail. From the suggestions, a list of eight most popular  names was developed and votes collected at Refuge Headquarters.  The winning name was published in the Featherless Flyer, the Friends newsletter, in May 2009:  Haller's Haven Trail, in honor of long-time Refuge volunteer Karl Haller.  Haller who retired from first the U.S. Air Force and then from the Biology Dept. at Austin College, has been the "designated" driver for the Tuesday and Thursday bird census at the Refuge for many years.  In 1995 he received the National Wildlife Refuge Association's Volunteer of the Year Award for his (then) 30 years of volunteer service.