Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Pacific Region
 

Welcome

 


The Refuge is beginning to plan for our new Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) which will guide refuge management for 15 years. Learn about our CCP by visiting our planning page. Comments for our scoping process can be made until October 31, 2009 using our comment card.


Request for Comments

Proposed Modifications to Blitzen River Water Control Facilities

In an effort to reduce impacts to redband trout and other fish in the Blitzen River, the Service is proposing to improve fish passage and screening structures at six dams and one water delivery canal within the refuge. Download a description of this project. Comments on this project must be received no later than November 6, 2009.


Harney County Electric Right-of-Way Compatibility Determination

The Refuge has completed a compatibility determination for an existing Right-of-Way for an overhead electrical distribution line operated by the Harney Electrical Cooperative.


2009 Juniper Removal Project

The Refuge and the Bureau of Land Management recently completed a wildland fire juniper removal project near the community of Frenchglen. The project will lessen the risk of wildland fire entering the community from adjacent federal learns. Learn more about the advantages of the project here: juniper project

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge will be opening up the Highway 205 Juniper Cut Unit for woodcutting from October 15 – December 31, 2009. The Highway 205 Juniper Cut Unit is located north of the community of Frenchglen on the west side of Highway 205. Access to the cut area is from the highway. Woodcutting is restricted to the dead and downed junipers. Vehicles are limited to existing two-tracks within the cut unit and parking must be within one vehicle length of all roads and only when soils are dry or frozen. Caution is advised for vehicles parked along the side of Highway 205.

A special use permit is required for all woodcutting activities on the refuge. For more details please see the application form and map. Permits will only be issued Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Refuge Headquarters, 36391 Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, Oregon 97721. For more information call 541-493-2612.


Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was established on August 18, 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt as the Lake Malheur Bird Reservation. Roosevelt set aside unclaimed lands encompassed by Malheur, Mud and Harney Lakes “as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds.” The newly established “Lake Malheur Bird Reservation” was the 19th of 51 wildlife refuges created by Roosevelt during his tenure as president. At the time, Malheur was the third refuge in Oregon and one of only six refuges west of the Mississippi.

The Refuge is located 30 miles south of Burns, Oregon in the southeast corner of the state. The Refuge is open from dawn until dusk each day. The Visitor Center at Refuge Headquarters is open during the winter Monday through Thursday from 8:00 to 4:00. The Refuge Museum, located at Headquarters, is open from dawn until dusk each day.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

36391 Sodhouse Lane

Princeton, Oregon 97721

(541) 493-2612

 

Last updated: October 27, 2009