Facility Activities

Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge provides numerous recreation opportunities such as viewing wildlife and plants, photography, hiking, and hunting.

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Hunting

Black Coulee NWR was created to protect habitat around Black Coulee Reservoir, and like many refuges, the fall waterfowl hunting is highly dependent on the amount of water in the reservoir. However, even in low-water years there are still good hunting opportunities on the refuge. Hunters will...

Birding
From bald eagles to spoonbills, from condors to puffins, birds abound on national wildlife refuges. Refuges provide places for birds to nest, rest, feed and breed making them world-renown for their birding opportunities.
Photography

Perhaps the fastest growing activity on national wildlife refuges in the past ten years has been wildlife photography.  That’s not surprising – the digital camera population explosion and cell phones with ever-improving picture-taking abilities are increasing the number of nature...

Wildlife watching

If you enjoy getting outdoors and looking for wildlife, consider a visit to your nearest national wildlife refuge! From birding to viewing speedy pronghorn antelope wildlife observation is the most popular activity for Refuge visitors. Visitors are encouraged to get out and walk the...

Hiking

While there are no maintained trails on Black Coulee NWR, visitors are encouraged to get out and walk the prairies to view and listen to the likes of Baird’s sparrows, Sprague’s pipits, western meadowlarks, horned larks, northern harriers, and various waterfowl. The native prairie and wetland...