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Save the Date!

 
Please save the date for Give More 24! on September 23rd.  Hosted by the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, GM24 is Southwest Washington's largest one-day fundraiser.  This will be our third year participating and we have an ambitious goal to double our fundraising from last year - that' right, we hope to raise $5,000 or more in 24 hours from this event!  Can you help us reach that goal?  Keep an eye out for an e-blast with a link to our fundraising page, and on social media for opportunities through out the day on the 23rd to make your donation go even further with matching opportunities and fundraising contests!   If you are interested in pledging a matching gift, or in doing some direct peer-to-peer fundraising for us, please contact us at contact@refugestewards.org.

Steigerwald Reconnection Project Update:


Levee ConstructionThe east levee is complete and the west levee is 80% complete.  The west levee will complete within weeks.

Gibbons Creek Redirection-  Gibbons Creek is on schedule to being released into its historic channel next month. Click here to see what it is like right now out on the Refuge with this 360 degree video compilation from the Estuary Partnership.


From The Ranger's Corner:


Metal Art at East Steigerwald Entrance-  Do you know what part of the Refuge the "Time to come home" art is supposed to represent? Hint: it is being removed as part of the Reconnection Project.  



SR 14 Temporary Closure To Test  Emergency Levee Section

Photo looking east on Highway 14, August 4, 2021

Ranger Question of the Month-  Can you guess how many cubic yards of soil have been moved to date throughout the project? USFWS Deputy Project leader, Eric Anderson, estimates that we moved _____ cubic yards of dirt thus far.

         A)   250,000
         B)   500,000
         C)   700,000
         D)   150,000

For question answers and more project details visit The Ranger Corner at the Gorge Refuge Stewards website

 

Ridgefield NWR Complex Updates:

 

The Kiwa Trail at Ridgefield has been reopened and is now accessible for the remainder of its typical open season (May 1 - Sept 30).

The Headquarters office for the Refuge Complex is nearly completed.  Staff will move in this fall/winter.

Waterfowl Hunting Program- Ridgefield's annual waterfowl hunt program will resume in alignment with Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife's 2021-2022 hunt season this fall. 
Would you like to understand Ridgefield's hunt program better?

For answers and more details visit the Ranger Corner of The Gorge Refuge Stewards website

 

Volunteer Corner

Purple Martins-  Volunteers are maintaining 110 Purple Martin nesting gourds across Ridgefield, Steigerwald Lake and Pierce NWRs.  Volunteers have averaged the banding of 300 Purple Martin over the last 5 years.   To learn more head over to the Project Page of the Gorge Refuge Website. Photo from Dave Pinkernell.
 

Learn about our upcoming Events including our Steigerwald Photo Group Meeting Here

 

Don't forget! An easy way to support us is by using Amazon Smile and Fred Meyer Community Rewards programs when you shop - both are free to you to use! 
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