Refuge News & Updates

Water Update: Late March 2025

Written by Peter Pearsall/Satellite photo taken March 1, 2025 by Landsat 9 Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor Ed Moulton reports: “The water situation is high. Malheur Lake is starting to push

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Water Update: Late February 2025

Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo of The Narrows at sunrise in early 2017 by Gary Ivey In a word, conditions are wet. Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor Ed Moulton reads off a

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Comprehensive Conservation Plan Kick-off Meeting

In the words of retired wildlife biologist, Rick Roy, looking at the CCP for the Refuge is very much like asking “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and subsequently what are the objectives you are going to set to reach that goal? So, what do we, collectively, want the Refuge to look like and what will the objectives in the CCP look like to get us there?

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Water Update: Late January 2025

A recent period of above-average temperatures in late December/early January, combined with rain, have melted snow at lower elevations of the Refuge, swelling the Blitzen River.  “Normally in winter, the river’s

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A Refuge Reflection & Thank You

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Friends of Malheur NWR for their tremendous support, which has been instrumental in helping us achieve our monitoring and management goals through both labor and financial assistance.

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