FEDERAL BIRD REFUGES IN OREGON 



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from 1930 to 1935 it was either entirely dry or contained so little water 

 that by midsummer it became only a stinking remnant of its former 

 grandeur. In 1935, the Biological Survey, almost miraculously it seemed 

 to those who had watched the tragedy, became possessed of enough money 

 to purchase the P Ranch, which not only is wonderful bird country itself 

 but controls the precious water supply for Malheur. This added 64,717 

 acres to the original 95,155 acres. The Survey is now engaged in restoring 

 the marshlands insofar as water supply will permit. With any sort of a 

 break in the drought, the Malheur Migratory Bird Refuge can again take 

 its place as one of the greatest waterfowl breeding areas south of the 

 Canadian line. 



THREE ARCH ROCKS AND CAPE MEARES BIRD REFUGES 



THREE ARCH ROCKS BIRD REFUGE has a spectacular colony of seafowl that 

 nests on several enormous rocks, remnants of a rocky headland that once 

 projected far out into the sea. The area comprises about 17 acres in Tilla- 

 mook County. California Murres are the most abundant birds present, 

 but Forked-tailed and Beal's Petrels, Farallon, Brandt's, and Baird's Cor- 

 morants, Western Gulls, and Tufted Puffins are also well represented. 

 During the nesting season, birds constantly circle the rocks like swarms 



OREGON, 1933 



FIGURE 3. Map showing location of Federal bird refuges in Oregon. 



