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  • Contractors, volunteers and the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge to the rescue

    Dr. Madeline A. Kalbach|Mar 19, 2015

    The Julia Butler Hansen Refuge is home to the Columbian White-tailed Deer. Its 6,000 acres of woodlots, swamps, marshes, pastures and brushy woodlots provide shelter and food for them. Deer need a variety of habitats because they feed on both pasture plants and the leaves and twigs of deciduous trees. Forested areas also offer security for does and their fawns from their natural predators such as coyotes. The fawns can be easily hidden from view in these brushy woodlots. Over the years the Refuge has planted native trees including alder,...