According to DNR’s website, “This combined natural area preserve (NAP) and natural resources conservation area (NRCA) protects the largest remaining high quality Garry oak (Oregon white oak) woodland in western Washington, as well as rare plants, a stream corridor (Lawton Creek), and fish and wildlife habitat. Just north of Steigerwald Lake lies 277 acres of protected oak woodland and oak savanna habitat managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) called the Washougal Oaks Natural Area.
Our local Wildlife Refuges are a part of a mosaic of protected habitats throughout our region. To read about all the major projects happening within the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, visit the website created specifically to educate everyone about them called Refuge 2020.
