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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|Dec 18, 2013

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to translocate up to 35 Columbian white-tailed deer from Puget Island to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer in 2014 and an additional 10-20 deer to Ridgefield NWR in 2015. The draft environmental assessment of the proposed translocation is available for public comment. The draft EA public comment period is open for 30 days, from December 12, 2013 to January 12, 2014. Columbian white-tailed deer are unique to southwest...