Datasets / Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: Narrative Report: 1953: 2: May-August


Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: Narrative Report: 1953: 2: May-August

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued about 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

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Not Applicable

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Creative Commons CCZero

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automatically awarded

Description

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Northern Great Basin portion of southeastern Oregon. The refuge was established by Executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 as an 81,786 acre preserve and breeding ground for native birds and was called the Lake Malheur Reservation. In following years the Blitzen Valley and the DoubleO portion of the refuge were acquired. This report is a summary of conditions at Malheur from May 1 to August 31, 1953. Climatic conditions, land acquisition, planning, administration, habitat management, wildlife, public use, maintenance and construction as well as other items of interest are all highlighted.