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Wildlife Protection from the Crest of the Cascades to the Rocky Mountains

The Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office is located in Spokane, Washington, with a branch office, the Central Washington Field Office, in Wenatchee. Our office serves 20 counties in eastern Washington, from the Cascade Mountains crest east to the Washington-Idaho State line, and the 6 northern most Idaho panhandle counties, covering approximately 51,000 square miles.

Mountain caribou by G. Beaudry

Selkirk Mountain Caribou

The Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office (UCFWO) is the lead federal agency for recovery of the Selkirk Mountain Caribou in the United States, and is currently writing the Selkirk Mountain Caribou 5 Year Status Review, expected out in early 2009.

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Canada lynx. FWS photo

Critical Habitat for the Canada Lynx

The Service has proposed revising the amount of critical habitat designated under the Endangered Species Act for the federally threatened Canada lynx. In total, the Service is proposing to designate approximately 42,753 square miles of habitat, including approximately 2,000 square miles in portions of Chelan and Okanogan Counties, Washington, and 50 square miles in Boundary County, Idaho.

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Waterfowl at CdA basin wetlands. FWS photo

Wetland Restoration

Waterfowl Arrive at Safe Feeding Place

The first of thousands of migrating waterfowl of the spring have arrived at a newly clean feeding area in the Lower Coeur d' Alene Basin. Last summer about 300 acres of Coeur d’Alene River valley farmland near Medimont, ID, was converted to healthy wetland habitat. The area is now perpetually protected safe feeding habitat for both migratory and resident swans, ducks, geese, and other wetland bird species.

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Last updated: August 7, 2008
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