Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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.

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