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Hanford Reach National Monument is a nature site preserving the last non-tidal, free-flowing section of the Colombia River in Washington. The national monument is located in the buffer zone surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. It was proclaimed by President Bill Clinton on 8 June, 2000.
Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington
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Hanford Reach National Monument has been the hunting and gathering ground of early Native American people who were the ancestors of the Wanapum People, Yakama National, the Conferated Tribes of the Colville, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation and the Nez Perce.
The landscape of this national monument is a shrubland of sagebrush, bitterbrush and bunch grass over a terrain created by basalt lava flows and subsequent erosion. The wildlife of the area include major congregations of elk and Chinook salmon.
 Lupines in Hanford Reach National Monument Author: FWS Photo (public domain) Within the desert part there are some forty-two different species of mammals including several species of rodents such as deer mouse, western harvest mouse and northern grasshopper mouse, as well as bigger mammals including cougars and bobcats. Visiting Hanford Reach National Monument, WashingtonThis national monument is open from sunrise to sunset. There are specific sections that may be closed, such as the Rattlesnake Unit and Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve and the Wahluke Unit. Motorized vehicles are only allowed on roads open to public travel. | ||
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