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USFWS---Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge

1/13/2013

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Hey Folks,
The message below is from the USFWS and it explains why The Coquille Valley is such an important part of their Kingdom. All the Islands off the Oregon Coast is part of The Services domain.  How much more do they intend on taking?   Rob T.....

Oregon Islands National Wildlife  Refuge
Oregon Islands Refuge includes over 1,400  coastal islands, rocks, and reefs scattered along the 320 miles of the Oregon  coast, from Tillamook Head south to the California border. Most of this refuge  is included in Oregon Islands Wilderness Area. The majority of Oregon's  estimated 1.2 million seabirds, including 13 different species, annually breed  on this refuge. Refuge sites are also used by brown pelicans (endangered species), bald eagles (threatened species), and the recently delisted peregrine falcons and Aleutian Canada geese. 

The rocks, reefs, and islands are also important breeding, pupping, molting,  and haul out sites for thousands of seals and sea lions to rest. The Rogue and  Orford Reef units of this refuge constitute the largest pupping area for the Federally listed threatened Stellar's sea lions in U.S. waters south of Alaska,  with 700-800 pups produced annually. Simpson Reef at Cape Arago is the world's  northernmost pupping site for northern elephant seals, and is the largest marine  mammal haul out site on the Oregon coast. 

Although many of the offshore islands can be viewed from land, the only  portion of Oregon Islands refuge that is open to the public is Coquille Point, located just west of Bandon. This picturesque headland provides a fantastic
  vantage point for observing seabirds and marine mammals. Other major seabird nesting islands and marine mammal use areas can be viewed from the refuge's viewing decks located on Oregon State Park lands, including Cape Arago and Cape Meares. 


Getting There . . .
Coquille  Point, a mainland unit of Oregon Islands Refuge, is located just west of  downtown Bandon. This area provides a fully accessible and panel-interpreted  quarter-mile trail with fabulous coastal views. To get to Coquille Point turn  west off of Highway 101 onto 11th Street and drive to the ocean. 

Click here for  a wildlife map of the refuge. 

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