| Julie Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge provides critical habitat for the endangered Columbian White-tailed Deer. It is a wintering area for tundra swans, Canada geese, mallards, wigeon, and pintails. Water birds and raptors are common. Salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and trout are in the surrounding waters. The habitat is 4,757 acres of diked Columbia River floodplain and undiked islands. Diked lands are grass and croplands interspersed with woodlots, brushy thickets and numerous sloughs. Undiked lands are tidal spruce swamps. Deer and elk are easily observed and photographed from the county road which encircles the mainland portion of the refuge -- evenings and mornings are best times. Waterfowl hunting is permitted. Environmental education is available throughout the year. Fishing is only allowed in the adjacent rivers. |
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