Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges, OR

Six National Wildlife Refuges were established to conserve the basin's otherwise dwindling habitats. These refuges, Lower Klamath, Upper Klamath, Klamath Marsh, Tule Lake, Clear Lake, and Bear Valley, reach from northern California to southern Oregon and provide a variety of habitats: freshwater marsh, open water, grassy meadow, coniferous forest, sagebrush grasslands, juniper grasslands, and rocky cliffs.

These habitats support over 400 species of wildlife and serve as migratory stopovers and wintering habitat for a majority of the Pacific Flyway waterfowl, whose populations peak over one million in the Fall.

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