NOTES: BIRD ARRIVAL DATES ON MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, OREGON

Abstract

With increasing visitor use (46.2 percent increase from 1968 to 1971) on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon there is an increasing demand for information on the non-huntable avian species. Of the 28,159 people visiting the refuge in 1971, 84.3 percent were interested in non-consumptive recreation, primarily wildlife observations (refuge files).