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February 23, 2011

Feds may expand Willapa refuge

ABERDEEN (AP) — Federal officials want to expand the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge by more than 6,800 acres, but the Pacific County Commission is opposed over worries it will take away valuable timber land.

The Daily World of Aberdeen reports that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's preferred plan calls for a new refuge headquarters near Long Beach and a new interpretive trail and wildlife observation deck.


 
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