Skagit Headquarters Wildlife Area Unit

adjacent to

boat launch

A paved boat launch at this unit provides access to the South Fork Skagit River and Skagit Bay Estuary via Freshwater Slough.

location

The Skagit Headquarters Unit is located at the south end of Fir Island in Skagit County, adjacent to the South Fork of the Skagit River and Skagit Bay.

official website

Skagit Headquarters Wildlife Area Unit (wdfw.wa.gov) The Skagit Headquarters Unit is tidal marsh (estuary) on Fir Island, west of and adjacent to Freshwater Slough. The unit is predominantly vegetated by cattail and sedge and used extensively by waterfowl and other waterbirds, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines.

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10616840

random

How to find and observe NGC663 (TOTS#4) (eyesonthesky.com) NGC 663 is an open cluster within our own Milky Way galaxy. It is over 6,800 light years from Earth, so the photons from it reaching your eye in a telescope left that cluster about the time circular ditches - such as the Goseck Circle - were being dug as solar observatories in the 5th millenium BCE. NGC 663 is stil considered a young open cluster, with an estimated age around 20 million years. Here is how to locate it.

sloughs

tags

Washington Wildlife Area Unit
Discover Pass required

tides

Boaters and kayakers should check tide charts as the ramp can be difficult to use in low water, and strong currents may develop during outgoing tides.

vicinity to

Fir Island Farm Wildlife Area Unit
Island Wildlife Area Unit
Skagit Bay

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113468534

wildlife

This unit includes tidal marsh, dominated by cattail and sedge, offering opportunities to view a variety of wildlife, including waterfowl and other waterbirds. A variety of raptors frequent the site, as do numerous species of shorebirds and passerines.

wildlife area unit by

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

wildlife area unit in

wildlife area unit of

Freshwater Slough