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They nest on Alaska's Copper River Delta and winter almost exclusively in the Willamette Valley. Habitat loss , predation, and hunting have caused a decrease in population. Located ten miles south of Corvallis, Oregon , the refuge protects many of the historic habitats of the valley, including the largest remaining tract of native Willamette ...
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska AK December 2, 1980 [10] 3,421,420 acres (13,846.0 km 2) Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska AK December 2, 1980: 3,574,259 acres (14,464.51 km 2) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska AK December 6, 1960 [11] 19,287,042 acres (78,051.89 km 2) Becharof National Wildlife Refuge ...
The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is a 1,856 acres (751 ha) wetlands and lowlands sanctuary in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Oregon.Established in 1992 and opened to the public in 2006, it is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Summer Lake Wildlife Area was established April 12, 1944, to protect and improve the area's waterfowl habitat and provide a site for public hunting. It is located in the northwest corner of the Great Basin drainage in central Lake County, Oregon. The Summer Lake refuge was the first wetland-focused wildlife area established in Oregon.
Willow Creek Wildlife Area, located in northeastern Oregon, United States, near the Columbia River, is operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Birds watchers may find birds of prey, waterfowl, wading birds, songbirds and shorebirds. [1] It is one of four wildlife areas in the Columbia Basin, all open seven days a week. The other ...
Waterfowl hunters at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Waterfowl hunting is the practice of hunting aquatic birds such as ducks, geese and other waterfowls or shorebirds for sport and meat. Waterfowl are hunted in crop fields where they feed, or in areas with bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, sloughs, or coasts. [1]
The Denman Wildlife Area is a high-use hunting zone, especially for game birds. [7] Since 1992, the Area has hosted the Youth Game-Bird and Waterfowl Hunt. During this annual event, only children and teenagers are allowed to hunt in the area. The ODFW takes reservations and allows up to 90 hunters at a time the chance to catch stocked pheasant ...
Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...