Sun., Nov. 18, 2007 Gary McNichols, maintenance manager at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, ... but don’t bother looking for a master map in the visitor kiosks.

To order maps (Cascade Loop, Coulee Corridor, Olympic Loop or Southwest Loop), go online to www.wa.audubon.org. Call toll-free, 866-922-4737, for more information. Seattle Times staff ...

The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, consists of 5,200 acres of wetlands, meadows and forests alongside the Columbia River.

‘I slept but very little last night for the noise kept up during the whole of the night by the swans, geese … brant (and) ducks on a small sand island … They were immensely numerous and ...

Roger Windemuth/Ridgefield FriendsSandhill cranes are among the largest birds that frequent Washington's Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Celebrate the arrival of autumn's returning waterfowl ...

An effort to re-establish a population of endangered Columbian White-tailed deer at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is off to a shaky start, but biologists remain hopeful that fawns born ...