Another thing to consider is that national wildlife refuges are funded in part by the sale of duck stamps, which are required of duck hunters., while birders and others participating in non-consumptive uses are often not charged a fee to use the refuge. Craig Tumer Portland Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 29, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Pamela K Johnston <pamelaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The first thing to understand is that TRNWR is made up of many separate > units, only one of which is open to the public. This is several miles away > from the place we think of as the refuge. I am not familiar with the > Riverboat Unit, but I do want to make it clear that this proposed program > would happen some miles away if it does take place. > > Another thing to think of is that there is a lot of duck & goose winter > habitat on and off the refuge where hunting doesn't take place. > > Pamela Johnston > > On Sep 29, 2014 4:08 PM, Marlowe Kissinger <rosebudgurl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Has anyone seen this? It was just on the news. > > http://portlandtribune.com/ttt/91-features/231955-95674-hunting-at-tualatin-wildlife-refuge-its-darn-likely > 8¶«r¯zÌ0ÁúÞzX¬¶Ê+ƒö«r¯{ú¢S¨Ê‹«iÇ(º{h®éì¹»®&Þ†Ûiÿü0ÁúÞzX¬¶Ê+ƒùb²ßèn‰B¢{ZrÙ¨uêÚ¶Šì¡º%š‡^«h®Çëyéb²Û(®