Nesting Site Bought

Sun., Jan. 26, 1997

Associated Press

Wildlife

A Columbia River island near that is an important nesting site for waterfowl and other birds has been bought by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Ducks Unlimited.

The 257-acre Fisher Island near Longview shelters more than 100 great blue heron nests and is widely used by bald eagles as well as ducks and geese, the department said.

The $230,000 to buy the island came from Ducks Unlimited and the Washington Wildlife Recreation Coalition. The Fish and Wildlife department will manage the island as part of the Shillapoo-Mount St. Helens Wildlife Area.

The island was bought from Lloyd Ewing, who lived there in the 1940s. He rejected several previous offers to purchase the island because he wanted to preserve its wildlife habitat.

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