| **Project         Contacts:****For         Information on the Planning Process**Cathy Osugi, Wildlife Biologist        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service        911 NE 11th Ave        Portland, Oregon 97232Phone: 503/231-2231        Fax: 503/231-6161

**For         Information on the National Wildlife Refuge System**Ralph Webber, Project         Leader         Tualatin River         National Wildlife Refuge        16507 SW Roy Rogers Road        Sherwood, Oregon 97140Phone: 503/590-5811        Fax: 503/590-6702 

E-mail         Your Comments Now | **Wapato         Lake****Land Protection Planning Study**

***Project Profile***

**Purpose         of Study:******To determine         if the fish, wildlife, and plant resources in the Wapato Lake Study Area         should be protected as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

**Study Area         Size and Location:******Approximately         6,400 acres located in Oregon, east of Gaston, south of Forest Grove,         primarily in Washington County and south into Yamhill County (see map         on right).

**Current         Status:******We are currently collecting data and developing Preliminary         Alternatives. The next step will be to prepare a Planning Update that         describes the Alternatives and mail it out for public review and comment.

**Documents         Available Online:**You can read, print,         or download the following documents online using Adobe Acrobat's Portable         Document Format (PDF). A free copy of the Adobe software is available         from the Adobe website.

Wapato         Lake Planning Update 1, October 2001Wapato         Lake Planning Update 2, April 2002Wapato Lake Planning Update 3, December 2002Wapato Lake Planning Update 4, December 2003 (corrected version posted January 23, 2004)

 

Information Updated         as of: December 2003 |
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