You can see proposed changes to refuge-specific regulations and submit comments at Federal Register: National Wildlife Refuge System; 2026-2027 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations.
After 30-plus years, Dunn Dam was showing its age. It didn’t have adequate fish passage around it, and it was a safety hazard. We gradually had to stop using it, which essentially meant we lost the ability to irrigate about 2,500 acres of wetlands.
It was Forrest’s interest in having a Refuge Friends Group that led Alice Elshoff and I to create the Friends of Malheur Refuge in 1999.
For Friends of Malheur, projects like this reflect the best kind of partnership: science, education, and public engagement working together to support conservation. With each new MOTUS installation, we gain a better understanding of the birds that depend on the Refuge and a better way to share that story with the community
Written by Darrick Boschmann, Oregon Water Resources Department Hydrogeologist/Photo by Alan Nyiri Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) staff have been measuring groundwater levels in the Harney Basin at least as
