| Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge provides a nesting area for Great Basin Canada geese and several species of ducks. There are usually about 90,000 wintering Canada geese. There are also about 200,000 wintering ducks, practically all species of ducks found in the west except sea ducks. The largest number of ducks on the refuge at one time was 458,000 on November 13, 1983. Long-billed curlews and other marsh and water birds nest on the refuge. Mammals include mule deer, coyote, and many smaller species. Walleye, steelhead, salmon, sturgeon, crappie, and bass are found in refuge waters. 29,370 acres of marshes, sloughs, open water, cropland, and sagebrush uplands. |
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