Wintering area for over 100,000 waterfowl, mostly mallards and canada geese. Checklists 1,095,097 acres in northeastern Washington bordering Canada and Idaho with great diversity of wildlife. Depressions in sand dunes formed from glacial pressure on basaltic rock. Rising water table filled holes creating pothole lakes. Checklist 5,509 aces of marsh, meadows, grasslands and forests.
Mountain lake provides migration area for canada geese, mallards and pintails.
Wintering tundra swans, canada geese, ducks and bald eagles. Nesting area for common snipe. Checklist 4,515 acres of Columbia River flood plain. Habitats include marshes, lakes, woodlands, grasslands and croplands. Sandhill cranes in spring and fall.