Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
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2009 Juniper Removal Project

The Refuge and the Bureau of Land Management recently completed a wildland fire juniper removal project near the community of Frenchglen. The project will lessen the risk of wildland fire entering the community from adjacent federal learns. Learn more about the advantages of the project here: juniper project

A portion of the Juniper Removal Project area, the Warm Springs Juniper Cut Unit, will be open to woodcutting from March 23 through August 1, 2009. The Warm Springs Juniper Cut Unit is located south of the community of Frenchglen. Access to the cut area is from P Lane via a two-track refuge road. Juniper available for woodcutting is located on the west side of this two-track road. The unit contains steep, rocky slopes and caution is advised.

A special use permit is required for all woodcutting activities on the refuge. For more details please see the application form and associated map. Special use restrictions apply for woodcutting activities on the refuge. Permits will only be issued Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Refuge Headquarters, 36391 Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, Oregon 97721. For more information call
541-493-2612.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was established on August 18, 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt as the Lake Malheur Bird Reservation. Roosevelt set aside unclaimed lands encompassed by Malheur, Mud and Harney Lakes “as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds.” The newly established “Lake Malheur Bird Reservation” was the 19th of 51 wildlife refuges created by Roosevelt during his tenure as president. At the time, Malheur was the third refuge in Oregon and one of only six refuges west of the Mississippi.

The Refuge is located 30 miles south of Burns, Oregon in the southeast corner of the state. The Refuge is open from dawn until dusk each day. The Visitor Center at Refuge Headquarters is open from 8:00 to 4:00 every day of the week through the end of November. Beginning in December the Visitor Center will be open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 to 4:00. The Refuge Museum, located at Headquarters, is open from dawn until dusk each day.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

36391 Sodhouse Lane

Princeton, Oregon 97721

(541) 493-2612

 
Last updated: March 19, 2009