The U.S. Department of Energy and Washington state agreed Nov. 5 to
transfer management of the 57,000-acre Wahluke Wildlife Recreation Area
above the Columbia River’s salmon-healthy Hanford Reach in eastern Washington
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in August.
The Record of Decision, signed by USFWS Deputy Director John Rogers,
formally extends the boundary of the 31,000 acre Saddle Mountain National
Wildlife Refuge to include this area. In addition, the Department of …
