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View of Franz Lake NWR from the observation
platform on SR14.
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- Franz Lake
National Wildlife Refuge
Franz Lake NWR was established in 1990, and contains a total of 590
acres. Franz Lake's system of river streams and wetlands provides habitat
for breeding, migrating, and wintering waterfowl, and other aquatic
migratory birds and raptors such as American bald eagles. The refuge
is a popular place for wintering tundra swans, which may be viewed from
an observation platform located on a vehicle pullout area on State Route
14 - Washington's highway through the Columbia River Gorge National
Scenic Area.
- Franz Lake NWR is small in acreage and one of the last remaining undeveloped
habitat areas open to the Columbia River. There are no public roads
or walking trails leading into the Refuge. This allows Refuge staff
to manage this refuge as a true wildlife sanctuary where wildlife and
plants remain undisturbed by human activities.
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- 2006 Mosquito Monitoring and Control Compatibility
Determination
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