McNary Dam

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By the time you reach the McNary Dam area, the land has opened into an brushy desert of sage and grass broken only by center-pivot irrigation systems. The Columbia River’s McNary Lock and Dam, 30 miles south of Pasco in Umatilla, Oregon, creates 61-mile-long Lake Wallula, which reaches up past the Tri-Cities to Ice Harbor Dam.

The McNary National Wildlife Refuge, next to McNary Dam, has a mile-long hiking trail popular with bird-watchers. Area species include hawks, golden and bald eagles, and prairie falcons.

© Ericka Chickowski from Moon Washington, 8th edition

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