{"id":351,"date":"2020-08-15T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2021-07-30T21:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T04:32:11","slug":"wildlife-refuges-of-washington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?page_id=351","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Refuges of Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are a number of National Wildlife Refuges in the State of Washington. These areas are part of the public lands system, so we will plan on visiting these places as well in the years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n

Wildlife Refuges of Washington<\/h3>
<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Refuge Name<\/strong><\/th>Counties (WA)<\/strong><\/th>Date Established<\/strong><\/th>Area<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually<\/a><\/td>Thurston, Pierce<\/td>1974<\/td>4,529 acres
(18.33 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Columbia<\/a><\/td>Adams, Grant<\/td>1944<\/td>29,596 acres
(119.77 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Conboy Lake<\/a><\/td>Klickitat<\/td>1964<\/td>7,072 acres
(28.62 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Copalis<\/a><\/td>Grays Harbor<\/td>1907<\/td>61 acres
(0.246 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Dungeness<\/a><\/td>Clallam<\/td>1915<\/td>773 acres
(3.1263 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Flattery Rocks<\/a><\/td>Clallam<\/td>1907<\/td>125 acres
(0.51 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Franz Lake<\/a><\/td>Skamania<\/td>1990<\/td>552 acres
(2.2328 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Grays Harbor<\/a><\/td>Grays Harbor<\/td>1990<\/td>1,471 acres
(5.9545 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Julia Butler Hansen<\/a><\/td>Wahkiakum<\/td>1972<\/td>5,600 acres
(23 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Little Pend Oreille<\/a><\/td>Pend Oreille, Stevens<\/td>1939<\/td>42,594 acres
(172.3701 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
McNary<\/a><\/td>Walla Walla<\/td>1956<\/td>14,665 acres
(59.3453 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Pierce<\/a><\/td>Skamania<\/td>1983<\/td>329acres
(1.3330 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Protection Island<\/a><\/td>Jefferson<\/td>1982<\/td>659 acres
(2.6681 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Quillayute Needles<\/a><\/td>Clallam, Jefferson<\/td>1907<\/td>300 acres
(1.215 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Ridgefield<\/a><\/td>Clark<\/td>1965<\/td>5,228 acres
(21.157 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Saddle Mountain<\/a><\/td>Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant<\/td>2000<\/td>194,451 acres
(786.92 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
San Juan Islands<\/a><\/td>San Juan<\/td>1976<\/td>454 acres
(1.84 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Steigerwald<\/a><\/td>Clark<\/td>1987<\/td>1,049 acres
(4.25 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Toppenish<\/a><\/td>Yakima<\/td>1964<\/td>1,978 acres
(8.00 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Turnbull<\/a><\/td>Spokane<\/td>1937<\/td>18,685 acres
(75.6154 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Umatilla<\/a><\/td>Benton<\/td>1969<\/td>23,783 acres
(96.25 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr>
Willapa<\/a><\/td>Pacific<\/td>1937<\/td>11,000 acres
(45 km\u00b2)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Federal Wildlife Refuges in Washington State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are a number of National Wildlife Refuges in the State of Washington. These areas are part of the public lands system, so we will plan on visiting these places as well in the years to come. Refuge Name Counties (WA) Date Established Area Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Thurston, Pierce 1974 4,529 acres (18.33 km\u00b2) Columbia Adams, Grant 1944 29,596 acres (119.77 km\u00b2) Conboy Lake Klickitat 1964 7,072 acres (28.62 km\u00b2) Copalis Grays Harbor 1907 61 acres (0.246 km\u00b2) Dungeness Clallam 1915 773 acres (3.1263 km\u00b2) Flattery Rocks Clallam 1907 125 acres (0.51 km\u00b2) Franz Lake <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":320,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions\/1428"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}