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Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

c/o Klamath Basin NWR Complex
Route 1, Box 74
Tulelake, CA 96134
(916) 667-2231

Directions: Located about 15 miles SE of Tulelake, California. Turn E off Highway 139, 23 miles S of Tulelake, then drive 9 miles NE on Clear Lake Reservoir Road. Access to the N side of the refuge is from Kowoloski Road, 4 miles S of Malin, Oregon. Roads are impassable during wet weather.

Primary Wildlife: White pelicans, cormorants, and other colonial nesting birds nest on small islands. -- Pronghorn antelope and sage grouse live in the dry grasslands.

Habitat: The 33,440-acre refuge includes a 23,770-acre lake surrounded by dry grasslands.

Recreation and Education: The refuge is closed to visitor access from spring through fall to protect nesting colonial and upland birds from disturbance -- Wildlife observation, study, and photography -- Waterfowl hunting. -- Antelope hunting.

Special Note: The lake is regulated by a Bureau of Reclamation dam to provide irrigation water to the Tulelake area. -- Contact Klamath Basin NWRs for public use regulations.



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