Facility Activities

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Wildlife watching

For optimal bird watching and photographic opportunities, plan your visit during the fall migration, or during early and evening hours. One secret to spotting more wildlife is to stand still and look quietly around. Movement and noise scares most animals and birds away. Please help us minimize...

Birding
From bald eagles to spoonbills, from condors to puffins, birds abound on national wildlife refuges. Refuges provide places for birds to nest, rest, feed and breed making them world-renown for their birding opportunities.
Photography
Whether you wield a smartphone or a zoom lens, you’ll find photo-worthy subjects at national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries. Wildlife photography is a priority public use on national wildlife refuges, so you’ll find wildlife drives and blinds and overlooks to help you get the images you’re after.
Boating - non-motorized

Opportunities abound to get out on the water at the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge. One of the main reasons for getting out on the water, whether in pristine or developed areas, is to get closer to nature. From the cockpit of a kayak or the seat of a canoe, a water-level perspective...

Boating - motorized

Opportunities abound to get out on the water at the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge. One of the main reasons for getting out on the water, whether in pristine or developed areas, is to get closer to nature. From the cockpit of a kayak or the seat of a canoe, a water-level perspective...

Fishing

The refuge is accessible by boat only. Refuge waters include the Columbia River; sport fishing is regulated by the state of Oregon. Fishing season is generally open for at least one species year-round. Species include Chinook and coho salmon and sturgeon.

Hunting

Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge is a group of small islands near the mouth of the Columbia River before it meets the Pacific Ocean. The refuge offers visitors a chance to see an abundance and variety of wildlife and habitat reminiscent of what Lewis and Clark saw in the early 1800s....