Aug 08, 2008
On August 8, supporters, staff and friends will be celebrating a century of conservation in the Klamath Basin. Today’s date is one hundred years to the day that Theodore Roosevelt established Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge by Executive Order.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Klamath NWR (on the California-Oregon border) was the [...]
Posted in California/Nevada Region, Photo Friday, Wildlife Refuges by: RefugeWatch
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Jul 20, 2008
The PolitickerCA is reporting that California Congressmen George Miller (D, CA-7), Pete Stark (D, CA-13), and Sam Farr (D, CA-17) are hoping to pass HR 6479, which would join seven California national wildlife refuges into the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The complex, which would extend from San Francisco to the Monterey Bay, [...]
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Jun 05, 2008
The Associated Press reports that seven endangered California condors — about 20 percent of Southern California’s population — have been found with lead poisoning.
The birds were found about a month ago during trappings at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, which is located in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley foothills of Kern County, California. One bird [...]
Posted in California/Nevada Region, Endangered Species, Wildlife Refuges by: RefugeWatch
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Jan 17, 2008
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first refuge for migratory waterfowl and marsh birds, will be celebrating its Centennial Anniversary this year. The refuge, which covers almost 51,000 acres, is located in the Klamath Basin along a portion of the southern Oregon and northern [...]
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Dec 31, 2007
On the community website Gather.com, community member Jennifer F. — whose parents have worked at various national parks — has posted a beautiful photo essay of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, which is located approximately 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nye County, Nevada.
Ash Meadows NWR was established [...]
Posted in California/Nevada Region, Volunteering, Wildlife Refuges by: RefugeWatch
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