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Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge is located within Grays Harbor, at the mouth of the Chehalis River, which makes up the second largest watershed in Washington. It is one of four major staging areas for migrating shorebirds in the Pacific Flyway. Up to one million shorebirds gather here in spring and fall to feed and rest. [3]
As the forests of the eastern United States depleted, many loggers from the East and the Midwest migrated to the Grays Harbor area, as well as many Scandinavians and Finns from Europe. [3] Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge is located on 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) of intertidal mudflats, salt marsh, and uplands around Hoquiam.
Grays Harbor used to be one of the most consistently Democratic counties in the nation, due to its unionized logging industry. Until 2016, the last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county was Herbert Hoover in 1928; [ 21 ] the last Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the county until 2016 was Daniel J. Evans in 1964 . [ 22 ]
Other geographic features in the gap include Chehalis River, Grays Harbor, and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in its estuary. [3] [8] U.S. Route 12 runs through the gap from Elma near Capitol State Forest to Aberdeen on Grays Harbor near the coast, paralleled by the former U.S. Route 410 and Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad.
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, in southwest Washington, is a major staging area for shorebirds. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in Harney County, southeastern Oregon; Alaksen National Wildlife Area, on Westham Island off Richmond, British Columbia; Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area in the Yolo Bypass in the Central Valley of California.
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge: Grays Harbor County: WA 1990 1,471.38 acres (5.9545 km 2) [536] Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer: Wahkiakum County Clatsop County, Oregon Columbia County, Oregon: WA 1972 5,600 acres (23 km 2) [434] Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge: Pend Oreille County Stevens ...
Mar. 5—Norma Tillotson, a seven-year veteran of the Grays Harbor County Prosecutor's Office, was appointed Thursday to the office's top spot by the Board of County Commissioners. Tillotson most ...
Parks in Grays Harbor County, Washington (10 P) Pages in category "Protected areas of Grays Harbor County, Washington" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.