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Beaver Pond
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The Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge is located in northeast
Washington, 13 miles southeast of Colville in Stevens County. Located
on the west slope of the Selkirk Mountain Range, it is the only
mountainous, mixed-conifer forest refuge in the contiguous United
States. Our 41,573 acres range in elevation from 1800 feet on the
western lowlands to 5600 feet on the eastern boundary at Olson Peak.
The Refuge was established in 1939 as a refuge and breeding ground
for migratory birds and other wildlife. Most of the land was acquired
through the Resettlement Administration which retired marginal farmland.
Other land was purchased from willing settlers or acquired through
exchange with the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Little
Pend Oreille NWR is one of over 530 refuges in the United states
managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Refuge Headquarters at
1310 Bear Creek Road, is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m.
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