Category: News
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May General Meeting
All are welcome to join us at our Quarterly General Meeting on Wednesday, May 14th at 6:30pm. This month, as a group we’ll discuss our mission statement, hear updates from the Refuge and Friends, and celebrate our successful Idaho Gives fundraising campaign. General Meeting Purpose: To build community among people with a shared interest in…
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Spring Litter Cleanup
Spring cleanup is scheduled for the Lower Dam Recreation Area at Lake Lowell (Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge). Building on our successful October cleanup, we are organizing a litter collection event on April 12th, 9AM-12PM. Location: Lower Dam Recreation Area on Riverside Rd, Caldwell. We will cover a 2-mile stretch from Orchard and Riverside to Lake…
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Idaho Gives April 29 – May 2, 2024
It’s Idaho Gives, so the time to give is now. Our goal is 50 individual donors, but we need your support. Please join me in helping Friends of Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge as they strive to protect and nurture the wildlife and habitats within Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge while providing opportunities for the surrounding communities…
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Idaho Gives is Opportunity to Help the Friends of Deer Flat
Link to Donate via Idaho Gives: https://www.idahogives.org/search?query=Friends+of+Deer+Flat+&location=&tag_id=&button=
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Winter Bird Feeding
Another winter bird-feeding season is underway at Deer Flat NWR. “Thank you” to Mike Ferdinand of our board for keeping the birds fed during this second Covid 19 winter shutdown. We also want to acknowledge our friends from the Southwestern Idaho Birders Association for their annual cash donation to help us purchase bird seed and…
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New Weather Station at Deer Flat NWR
We are excited to introduce our new weather station at the Refuge. Please check out the link below for up-to-date weather conditions at the Refuge visitor center, located on the south shore of Lake Lowell, Canyon County, Idaho. https://dashboard.ambientweather.net/devices/public/85eaea2c0f5f6f78edad218bd824ff65
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Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Project – Update
On Friday & Saturday, October 21st and 22nd, 2022, Over 70 Volunteers Helped Plant Over 1,240 Shrub Seedlings On the Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Project Site Just South & West of the Refuge Visitor Center. This was the Fifth Planting Season. Prior to planting, refuge staff used their Skid-Steer to pre-auger (6” diameter) the planting holes. …
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Friends Celebrated 10-Year Anniversary in 2016
Amazingly, the Friends of Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge has officially been a Non-profit organization for over 10 years. The time has rushed by for those of us who have been actively involved in Friends activities and events during these productive years. Some of you came and joined in our 10-year anniversary events (see adjacent photos) on May…