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A new report from the Pew Charitable Trust shows climate change, along with other human-caused factors, is altering wildlife migration patterns in Idaho and across the West, leading to less ...
Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area It was purchased in 1985 from the Federal Land Bank using Federal Duck Stamp funds to protect redhead nesting habitat. [ 3 ] The area is largely hardstem bulrush marsh , interspersed with open water and surrounded by areas of playa , saltgrass flats, native wet meadow , and some cropland.
To provide a quiet resting area, waterfowl habitat is closed to public entry while the geese are in residence, from November 1 through March 31. This winter waterfowl closure includes all portions of the refuge except the two trails, kiosks, bulletin boards, and headquarters building.
Waterfowl flyways in the United States. The Pacific Flyway is in green. The Pacific Flyway is a major north-south flyway for migratory birds in the Americas, extending from Alaska to Patagonia. [1]
The river's flow varies seasonally from about 50 to 1,000 cubic feet per second (1.4 to 28.3 m 3 /s). Irrigation diversions, which play a significant role in the river, contributed to the extinction of the local run of Coho salmon in the 1960s and reduced the population of the run of spring Chinook salmon to a low of 13 fish in 1999. [ 6 ]
Aerial view of the Owyhee River in Oregon, and looking southeast into Idaho, with the Three Forks Recreation Site at left. Jordan Creek is a 99-mile (159 km) tributary. [17] It flows generally west from near Silver City, Idaho, in the Owyhee Mountains to near Rome in the Oregon High Desert. [18] [19]
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located roughly 30 miles (48 km) south of the city of Burns in Oregon's Harney Basin.Administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge area is roughly T-shaped with the southernmost base at Frenchglen, the northeast section at Malheur Lake and the northwest section at Harney Lake.
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