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About the Complex

Willapa Complex

The varied habitats near the mouth of the Columbia River are home to a diversity of wildlife and three National Wildlife Refuges.

Julia Butler Hansen is managed as part of the Willapa Complex.

About the NWRS

National Wildlife Refuge System

The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.

What's Happening at the Refuge

• Downlisting Proposed for CWTD

  

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed downlisting the CWTD.

  Learn more about the downlisting here

• This is the place

  

  An abundance of wildlife call this refuge home.

  Meet some of the neighbors

• Refuge for Many

  

  Protecting Columbian white-tailed deer is just one part of the refuge puzzle.

  Discover why this place is so important