
Water Update: Late April 2025
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Travis Miller, MNWR Supervisory Ecologist From Ed Moulton, Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor: “The water coming in from the north has slowed and the evacuation levels

Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Travis Miller, MNWR Supervisory Ecologist From Ed Moulton, Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor: “The water coming in from the north has slowed and the evacuation levels

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

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