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Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Area
  
28.62 kmĀ²

Established
  
1964

Phone
  
+1 509-546-8300

Nearest town
  
Trout Lake

Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Location
  
Klickitat County, Washington

Governing body
  
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Website
  
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Address
  
100 Wildlife Refuge Rd, Glenwood, WA 98619, USA

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Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains at the base of 12,281-foot (3,743 m) Mount Adams in southern Washington state.

It encompasses 7,071.70 acres (2,861.82 ha) on the lakebeds of the historic Conboy and Camas lakes, a shallow marshy wetland area drained by early settlers. Conifer forests, grasslands, shallow wetlands, and deep water provide homes for raccoon, deer, marten, elk, coyote, muskrat, skunk, cougar, beaver, porcupine, river otter, small rodents, and 150 species of birds, as well as numerous amphibians, reptiles, and fish.

Bald eagle, greater sandhill crane, and the Oregon spotted frog are species of concern. Refuge visitors enjoy the scenery, hike the Willard Springs trail, and observe wildlife from the county roads that surround and cross the refuge.

Each spring, juvenile sandhill cranes, called colts, can be observed from near the refuge headquarters and from the nearby roads. When the birds are very young they are difficult to see because the adult birds try to hide their offspring from predators. Visitors are encouraged to observe form a distance and in such a way that their presence does not threaten the survival of the birds.

References

Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge Wikipedia