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As with the other refuges within the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, the primary management goal of Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge is to provide high quality wintering habitat for geese, especially the dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis subsp. occidentalis), to ensure healthy, viable goose populations while minimizing goose browse damage to crops on private agricultural ...
The building cost roughly $450,000, with funding coming from the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, Salem Audubon Society and Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located.
A 1-acre wildfire was extinguished Thursday afternoon south of Salem on Riverside Drive, just north of Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. The fire was reported at 2:03 p.m.
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge is in northwestern Oregon, 10 miles (16 km) west of Salem in Polk County. The Refuge consists of 1,173 acres (4.75 km 2 ) of cropland , which provide forage for wintering geese, 300 acres (1.2 km 2 ) of forests , 550 acres (2.2 km 2 ) of grasslands , and 500 acres (2.0 km 2 ) of shallow water seasonal ...
Much of the sanctuary surrounds Balch Creek [3] near its headwaters and contains more than 4 miles (6.4 km) of hiking trails which connect to Forest Park's extensive trail system. [3] Within the sanctuary is a nature center containing classrooms, retail store, wildlife taxidermy exhibits, auditorium, and a wildlife care center.
Ankeny may refer to: Places in the United States. Ankeny, Iowa, a city; Ankeny, Washington, a ghost town; Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge, a wildlife refuge in Oregon;
The national First Day Hikes program, ... The Kanopolis State Park First Day Hike begins at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 1 from the park's main office, 200 Horsethief Road in Marquette, and will see visitors ...