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The Camas National Wildlife Refuge protects 10,578 acres of marsh, meadow and upland habitat for ducks, geese and other birds.
Located off Interstate 15 at Hamer, the refuge offers wildlife observation, study and photography as well as waterfowl and upland game bird hunting in season.
Camas Creek flows for eight miles through the length of the refuge and feeds many lakes and ponds. Tall cottonwood trees along the creek attract a wide variety of songbirds.
The refuge is home to nesting waterfowl, including redheads, mallards, shovelers, lesser scaup, and blue-winged and cinnamon teal ducks. It is also home to mule and white-tail deer, moose, pronghorns and many small mammals from porcupine to coyotes.
The refuge provides resting and feeding habitat for spring and fall migrating ducks, geese and other waterfowl.
During migration, which peaks from March to October, up to 25,000 ducks and 3,000 geese may be present on the refuge, especially mallards, pintails, gadwalls, wigeon, and Canada geese.
Tundra and trumpeter swans number in the hundreds during migration. Two pairs of trumpeters nest on the refuge.
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