Historic investments to benefit Klamath Basin Refuges for future generations

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Historic investments to benefit Klamath Basin Refuges for future generations

“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country,” said President Theodore Roosevelt, who established Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on March 14, 1903. This was the first of many refuges which would eventually comprise the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System.  

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Refuge Fire 873 acres, 80% contained

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Refuge Fire 873 acres, 80% contained

TULELAKE, Calif. - On Saturday, March 27, a fire that was started in a tule marsh on private land east of Lower Klamath NWR escaped and burned approximately one acre within the refuge boundary. The landowners called CAL FIRE/Siskiyou Unit who responded and began suppression and containment efforts, naming the incident, ‘Refuge Fire’.

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