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----- Original Message -----
From: WDFW Public Affairs
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:55 PM

Subject: WDFW News Release: Meeting scheduled on public access at the
Skagit, Snoqualmie wildlife areas


WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/
August 20, 2009
Contact: Lora Leschner, (425) 775-1311 ext. 121

Meeting scheduled on public access at the Skagit, Snoqualmie wildlife areas

OLYMPIA - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has
scheduled a public meeting Aug. 25 in Conway to discuss recreational access
on portions of the Skagit and Snoqualmie wildlife areas.

The public meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Conway Fire
Hall. WDFW staff will discuss the need to manage access at the two wildlife
areas, where substantial portions of recreational land is being returned to
intertidal habitat for fish and wildlife.

About 150 acres of the Snoqualmie Wildlife Area's Spencer Island Unit was
recently restored after old dikes and levees where breached. A similar
project, which is scheduled to be completed in early September, will return
about 160 acres of land to estuary habitat at the Skagit Wildlife Area's
Headquarters Unit.

"As a result of these two restoration projects, hunters, wildlife viewers
and others are going to be concentrated onto smaller areas," said Lora
Leschner, regional wildlife program manager for WDFW. "We would like to
discuss with the public safety concerns, managed access and opportunities to
avoid conflicts between the different user groups."

The restoration projects on the Skagit and Snoqualmie wildlife areas are
intended to restore important estuarine habitat for wildlife and fish,
particularly salmon, said Leschner. WDFW owns and manages the Skagit and
Snoqualmie wildlife areas to preserve and enhance habitat for fish and
wildlife, and provide sites for outdoor recreation.

Information on the Skagit and Snoqualmie wildlife areas is available on
WDFW's website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/index.html .