Hanford Reach National Monument Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Join the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during National Wildlife Refuge Week to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Hanford Reach National Monument. Tap into your sense of wonder as you experience the white bluffs, shrub-steppe plateaus, and the free-flowing Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. The celebration will be Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. starting at the Vernita Bridge Rest Area.
Visitors will have the chance to explore and connect with the Hanford Reach National Monument through a self-guided tour of the Monument. Tour stops will include Hanford history from Richland historian Michele Gerber; military and early pioneers from the Franklin County Historical Society; Wanapum history at the Wanapum Native American Discovery Unit; geology from scientist Bruce Bjornstad; and shrub-steppe plant and wildlife from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife biologist Heidi Newsome. This self-guided tour begins at the Vernita Bridge Rest Area (Hwy 24, near Mattawa, WA) were visitors can obtain information and orientation. From there, visitors can travel at their own leisure to the variety of tour stops spread throughout open areas of the Monument. Tour stops will be at Saddle Mountain Road, White Bluffs Boat Landing, and White Bluffs Overlook.
The Hanford Reach National Monument was established in 2000 to conserve and restore a biological treasure in the Columbia Basin, encompassing important riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian , aquatic, and upland shrub-steppe habitats. The Monument belongs to a nationwide network of federal lands - the National Wildlife Refuge System - dedicated to the protection of wildlife habitat and wildlife species.
For more information, visit www.fws.gov/hanfordreach or call (509) 546-8300.
Visitors will have the chance to explore and connect with the Hanford Reach National Monument through a self-guided tour of the Monument. Tour stops will include Hanford history from Richland historian Michele Gerber; military and early pioneers from the Franklin County Historical Society; Wanapum history at the Wanapum Native American Discovery Unit; geology from scientist Bruce Bjornstad; and shrub-steppe plant and wildlife from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife biologist Heidi Newsome. This self-guided tour begins at the Vernita Bridge Rest Area (Hwy 24, near Mattawa, WA) were visitors can obtain information and orientation. From there, visitors can travel at their own leisure to the variety of tour stops spread throughout open areas of the Monument. Tour stops will be at Saddle Mountain Road, White Bluffs Boat Landing, and White Bluffs Overlook.
The Hanford Reach National Monument was established in 2000 to conserve and restore a biological treasure in the Columbia Basin, encompassing important riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian , aquatic, and upland shrub-steppe habitats. The Monument belongs to a nationwide network of federal lands - the National Wildlife Refuge System - dedicated to the protection of wildlife habitat and wildlife species.
For more information, visit www.fws.gov/hanfordreach or call (509) 546-8300.
