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
