Features
![Mule deer and fawn in smartweed](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Deer-and-smartweed-Addison-Mohler-218x116.jpg)
CCP Planning Update #7, March 2016
The Refuge's "standalone" CCP is available.
Thank you for your participation
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![History](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Hist1_217X.jpg?n=2733)
Deer Flat Refuge History
The refuge, established in 1909 is one of the oldest refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System and has an interesting history.
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![Bike-ped draft plan](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Bike-Ped-Draft-Plan-cover-218x116(1).jpg?n=9140)
Lake Lowell Area Bike/Ped Access Plan
The final plan is now available.
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Waterfowl Surveys
![Canada geese flying-Shipman-150x118](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Canada-geese-flying-Mike-Shipman-150x118.jpg?n=7905)
Waterfowl counts along standard survey route at Lake Lowell Unit
Learn MorePlan Your Visit
![Blind--promo-150x118](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Blind-promo-150x118.jpg?n=2725)
Visitors to Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge can enjoy a variety of recreational activities, including wildlife-watching and photography, hunting, fishing, and environmental education and interpretation.
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About the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.
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Deer Flat News
![Desert Detectives Day Camp](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Day-camp-FWS-150x118.jpg?n=663)
The Refuge is now accepting applications for a 5.5 month Environmental Educator AmeriCorps positions.
Learn more![Scout](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Sections/Visit/For_Educators/DWJ%20Kain%205.23.13%20150X118.jpg?n=3439)
Find out how you can connect your students or group with nature and the Refuge System through environmental education programs at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge.
Learn More![US Bank Vols Bryony 150x118](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/USBank-bryony--150x118.jpg?n=3675)
Find out how to volunteer, join the Friends of Deer Flat, and get involved in other ways.
Learn More![BB14 Soukup150x118](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Home/BB14-Soukup-150x118(1).jpg?n=4713)
From lectures to children's programs to special events, find out what's happening at the Refuge.
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![Grebe pair](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107112100im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Deer_Flat/Images/Grebe-pair-Addison-Mohler-150x118.jpg?n=7334)
Western Grebe
Western grebes spend almost all their time in water, even building floating nests. Lake Lowell hosts one of the three largest nesting colonies of western grebes in Idaho.
Page Photo Credits All photos courtesy of USFWS unless otherwise noted., Badger - ©Mike Shipman
Last Updated: Dec 09, 2016