BirdFest & Bluegrass in Ridgefield Washington
Birders, Musicians, Historians, and Families - BirdFest and Bluegrass has something for everyone!
Come celebrate Refuge Week with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge at BirdFest and Bluegrass!
Just 25 minutes north of Portland is a wildlife and music festival rich with family-friendly activities. Enjoy wildlife tours, hikes, presentations, and exhibits. Learn more about the rich cultural history and archeology of the Refuge. Sample seafood cooked traditionally over a fire pit. Explore waterways around the Refuge by canoe and kayak on guided tours. Listen to Bluegrass music all day Saturday, or come to jam in a workshop. Enjoy children activities, crafts, storytelling, walks, birding hikes, and raptor shows. Some events require fees and advanced registration, please visit www.ridgefieldfriends.org for a full schedule of events.
National Wildlife Refuge Week is scheduled every year in October, with many refuges around the nation hosting special events during the weeklong celebration. Join us and share in the celebration of America's majestic wildlife heritage from October 9 through 15, 2001. Since Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge national wildlife refuge
A national wildlife refuge is typically a contiguous area of land and water managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the conservation and, where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitats for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.
Learn more about national wildlife refuge in 1903, the Refuge System has become the world's premier habitat conservation system, encompassing 553 refuges and 38 wetland management districts. See what's planned at a refuge near you by using the refuge finder tool at http://www.fws.gov/refuges/index.html
