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SEQUIM — The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge shelters birds year-round, and visitors can see which birds flock to the area in the summer during a free guided walk Saturday.
The two- to three-hour walk starting at 9 a.m. will be led by a naturalist from the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.
Participants will meet at the refuge’s information kiosk and entrance station at the north end of Voice of America Road.
No RSVP is required. Walkers are urged to wear sturdy shoes and bring binoculars or spotting scopes.
President Woodrow Wilson signed Executive Order 2123, establishing the Dungeness Spit Reservation as “a refuge, preserve and breeding ground for native birds,” on Jan. 20, 1915.
Presidential Proclamation 2416 in 1940 changed the reservation’s name to the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, as it is known today.
The Dungeness Spit, one of the longest in the world, shelters a bay that is rich in wildlife.
Other events marking the refuge’s centennial year will be:
■ Sept. 25-26 — Celebration of 100 years with the Dungeness River Bridge and Klahhane Hike Club as part of the annual River Festival at the river center.
■ Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Migrating waterfowl walk on the refuge led by Audubon society members. Participants will meet in the parking area.
The entrance fee to the refuge is $3 per family or per group with up to four adults. Children younger than 16 are admitted free.
For more information about the refuge’s centennial year, see www.dungeness100.com, phone the refuge office at 360-457-8451 or email david_falzetti@fws.g.
