Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Oregon
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N 44° 53.259 W 123° 59.767
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Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect salt marsh, brackish marsh, tidal sloughs, mudflats, and coniferous and deciduous forestland. The refuge provides nursery grounds for coho and chinook salmon, steelhead & cutthroat trout.
Waymark Code: WM23BJ
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2007
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The primary ecological goal for the Siletz Bay Natonal Wildlife Refuge is to allow the salt marsh to return to its natural tidally influenced state.
An 86-acre tidal marsh restoration project was completed on Millport Slough through a partnership between the USFWS, Ducks Unlimited and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians. The restoration involved breaching 220 feet of dike, removing two dikes totaling 9,300 feet and filling 1,200 feet of artificial ditches. Large woody debris was placed in the marsh to improve habitat for anadromous fish..
Siletz Bay Refuge is closed to public use, except during special events. During June, July, and August 2007, AmeriCorps volunteers Emily Eppinger and Becca Schiewe will be leading a series of twelve guided canoe and kayak trips through the refuge. For more information, please visit our News page or call Emily Eppinger at 541-867-4550.
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge consists of some of the most scenic estuarine habitat along the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway. On either side of Highway 101, starched skeleton trees jut forth from the estuary and are reminiscent of a time when the salt marsh was diked to provide pasture for dairy cows. Red-tailed hawks, bald eagles, and other raptors can often be seen roosting at the top of these snags and a variety of estuarine dependant birds including great blue heron, great egret and many species of waterfowl can be seen foraging in the tidally influenced waters.
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