{"id":78,"date":"2013-11-17T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tulelake.server293.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2017-07-25T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T20:33:45","slug":"tule-lake-nwr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wildlife\/tule-lake-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wildlife and Agricultural Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-lake-illustration1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-lake-illustration1.jpg\" alt=\"tule lake national wildlife refuge illustration by j. Ivie\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-lake-illustration1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-lake-illustration1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Surprising Place, Managed and Wild &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\nTule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the fertile and intensely farmed<br \/>\n Tule Lake Basin of northeastern California. It was established in 1928 by President<br \/>\n Calvin Coolidge as a,\u201cpreserve and breeding ground for wild birds and animals.\u201d<br \/>\n \u00a0This 39,116-acre refuge is mostly open water and \u00a0crop land. \u00a0<br \/>\n Approximately 17,000 acres are leased by potato, onion, horse radish, alfalfa,<br \/>\n and cereal grains within the Public Lease Lands\u00a0program administered by the<br \/>\n U.S Bureau of Reclamation. Permit holders farm an additional 1,900 acres<br \/>\n in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tule-and-lower-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tule-and-lower-map.jpg\" alt=\"map of Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tule-and-lower-map.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tule-and-lower-map-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Refuges, United in Purpose, Separated by a Volcanic Ridge &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\nThe refuge is a significant staging area for migrating waterfowl during<br \/>\n spring and fall migrations. It is used primarily by whitefronted, snow,<br \/>\n Ross, and cackling Canada geese, all of which nest in\u00a0the Arctic<br \/>\n tundra.Tule Lake hunting opportunities consist of two large marsh units<br \/>\n accessible by boats, a spaced-blind hunt in dry fields, and open free-roam<br \/>\n areas offering field hunts over harvested grain and smaller marsh units.<br \/>\n A 10-mile auto tour route allows for wildlife observation<br \/>\n throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-pt-pixel-blacl-line.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-pt-pixel-blacl-line.jpg\" alt=\"2-pt-pixel-black-line\" width=\"600\" height=\"10\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-pt-pixel-blacl-line.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-pt-pixel-blacl-line-300x5.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This page is in progress and more content is coming.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a92014 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Surprising Place, Managed and Wild &#8211; Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the fertile and intensely farmed Tule Lake Basin of northeastern California. It was established in 1928 by President Calvin Coolidge as a,\u201cpreserve and breeding ground &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wildlife\/tule-lake-nwr\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":133,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/3086"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}