- The Audubon Lake Unit includes a variety of habitats, including an 80-acre lake, alkaline mudflats, grasslands, and channeled scablands, which attract a variety of birds, and this site offers great opportunities for birdwatchers. This unit is part of the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail and the Audubon’s Great Washington State Birding Trail.
- Eagan, Minnesota (Wikipedia)
Eagan (/ˈiːɡən/ EE-gən) is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota. It is south of Saint Paul and lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and the other nearby suburbs form the southern section of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. Eagan’s population was 68,855 at the 2020 census. The city was home to the headquarters of Northwest Airlines (now Delta Air Lines).
- Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area (wdfw.wa.gov)
The Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area covers approximately 20,900 acres, of which around 1,280 acres are leased from the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Elevation ranges from about 1,640 feet in the southwest to about 2,490 feet in the northeast. Managed as one unit, Swanson Lakes is located in Lincoln County, about 10 miles south of the town of Creston in the upper portion of the Crab Creek Watershed. The Audubon Lake Unit, a 277-acre property at the town of Reardan further east in Lincoln County, is managed separately.