{"id":1223,"date":"2014-06-09T16:37:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tule-lake.com\/?page_id=1223"},"modified":"2017-07-25T20:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T20:42:48","slug":"klamath-marsh-nwr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wildlife\/refuge-complex\/klamath-marsh-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"klamath<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are primarily wet meadows with some open water wetlands.<\/strong>
\nKlamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, 42\u00b054\u203229\u2033N 121\u00b041\u203204\u2033W, is located eighty some
\n miles north of Tulelake. Crater Lake National Park lies approximately 30 miles west
\n of the refuge. The refuge is largely surrounded by the Winema National Forest.<\/p>\n

\"ducks<\/a><\/p>\n

Nesting, feeding, and staging habitat for waterfowl and sandhill crane.<\/strong>
\nOne of the four primary objectives of the refuge is to provide high quality,
\n wildlife-dependent visitor services with emphasis on environmental education,
\n interpretive, hunting, fishing, and wildlife observation opportunities.
\n The Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1958
\n “… as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other management purpose, for migratory birds.”<\/p>\n

\"old<\/a><\/p>\n

An old road that connects “then” with “now” and heads into the “future.”<\/strong>
\nA red cinder road, Military Crossing, connects Silver Lake Highway to Highway 97.
\n This road was constructed in 1868 by the Oregon Central Wagon Road Company for
\n the State of Oregon as part of a route between Eugene, Oregon and Boise, Idaho.
\n Here, Military Crossing cuts across the refuge and provides excellent
\n views of marsh life and sounds.<\/p>\n

\"grasshopper<\/a><\/p>\n

It is always a question of balance.<\/strong>
\nThe cyclic grasshopper infestation is creating tension between neighboring ranches
\n and environmentalists. Here, a young grasshopper is being pointed out. They are
\n not easy to see. Everyone will be looking at this year\u2019s grasshopper numbers
\n with interest . Will this spring\u2019s rains effect the hatch? This photo
\n was taken June 10, 2005.<\/p>\n

\"Walt<\/a><\/p>\n

Providing wetland food and habitat.<\/strong>
\nWalt Ford, refuge manager in 2005, inspects a nest on the northern end of the 40,960
\n acre refuge. He uses haying and grazing, controlled fires, water management and
\n machines to open water channels. The goal for all Klamath Marsh mangers is to improve
\n water flow, create nesting islands and potholes, promote fast-growing high protein
\n for wildlife, add nutrients to the soil and open up dense marsh for nesting waterfowl.<\/p>\n

\"swallow<\/a><\/p>\n

Tree swallows and Black terns do what comes naturally.<\/strong>
\nOn the left is a Tree. They will return to their summer nests to feed their young 10
\n to 20 times an hour. Klamath Marsh is home to a large population of graceful black terns,
\n on the right above. They pluck insects from the air and tall grass, fish, water surface
\n insects, and small amphibians, earthworms, spiders, small crustaceans and
\n leeches. This is a well-rounded diet.<\/p>\n

\"deer<\/a><\/p>\n

1800 upland acres at their service<\/strong>
\nThe refuge uplands support small, transient populations of pronghorn, mule deer
\n and Rocky Mountain elk. These areas typically support stands of ponderosa and
\n lodgepole pine, quaking aspen, giant wildrye and Idaho fescue.<\/p>\n

\"mt,<\/a>
\nMeadows and open water along the Ring of Fire.<\/strong>
\nStunning views of the Cascade Mountain Range, to the west running north and south,
\n can be found from many refuge vantage points. Here 9,184 ft. Mt. Thielsen touches the sky, it spire is called the “Lightening Rod of the Cascades.”
\n This volcano has been eroded by glaciers after eruptive activity ceased 250,000 years ago.<\/p>\n

\"great<\/a><\/p>\n

Great owls, greater Sandhill cranes, great marsh.<\/strong>
\nThis immature great horned owl is the western hemisphere\u2019s most widely distributed
\n avian predator. Klamath Marsh also provides habitat for another 166 bird species including
\n eight known bald nests. Breeding pairs of Greater sandhill cranes use the northern end
\n for feeding and nesting. Shallow water provides prime feeding areas for pelicans and
\n other fish-eating species like great egrets. Tundra swans and white-fronted geese
\n are numerous during the spring migration.<\/p>\n

\"silver<\/a><\/p>\n

A family outing crosses from “here” to “there” outback.<\/strong>
\nBisecting the refuge east to west is the Silver Lake highway which is constructed on an
\n old railroad grade built in 1929 by the Lamm Lumber Company for logging purposes.
\n After the Lamm Mill closed in 1944 and the railroad tracks were removed, the grade
\n began to be used as a road. It was paved in the 1960\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"williamson<\/a>
\nIt takes a river to bring the water.<\/strong>
\nThe primary source of surface water is the upper reaches of the Williamson River
\n which enters the refuge via two natural channels. Water flows out of these channels
\n into large sheets of water that move north and south across the refuge. It rechannels
\n just north of Military Crossing before again spreading out as a sheet feeding wetlands.
\n It reforms as a channel and exits the southwest corner of the refuge near Wocus Bay.<\/p>\n

\"wocus<\/a><\/p>\n

Where ponderosa and lodgepole pine meets shallow marsh.<\/strong>
\nWocus Bay, with its deeper, more open water serves as an important brooding and
\n molting area for waterfowl. During good water years this area, with excellent interspersion
\n of open water and vegetation supports most of the waterfowl broods which hatch
\n from nests on other areas of the South Marsh. Edge between forest and marsh are
\n important to elk and deer because there is food in the marsh and the forest provides
\n protection. Canoeing is allowed July through September, water depth allowing. This
\n refuge has a rich cultural heritage, as it includes Klamath Tribes historic lands. <\/p>\n

\u00a92014 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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