The National Wildlife Refuge Association will be presenting Catch the Bison Spirit! partnering with the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City today at 2:00 p.m.
The program, which will be shown on Facebook Live through the NWRA Facebook website page, will be written and produced by young staffers and Friends Group members at the Neal Smith Refuge. The link for the event is http://www.bit.ly/bisonspirit.
The event is part of the Young Ambassadors program at the NWRA that focuses on attracting younger generations, ages 6-35 to be inspired and become involved in the preservation of wildlife and its habitats. The program hopes to achieve this goal through informative and fun events through social media.
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By Sue Danielson
Apr 16, 2021
(Prairie City, IA) The Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge has 66 bison roaming in it s 800 acres of tall grass prairie. It s calving time and spokesman Patrick Bryant says they re expecting calves any time now. Bison calves weigh between 30 and 70 pounds.
The Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge visitor center is closed to the public due to the pandemic, but visitors can still drive through and try to catch a glimpse of the large animals. Bryant also says there s a good crop of wildflowers this time of year too. Tall grass prairie once covered most of Iowa, but only a fraction remains.
JOHN DAY â Grant County had the highest rate of COVID-19 infections per capita in Oregon last week, and the county also has the worst vaccination rate in the state.
The countyâs rate of COVID-19 infections was 625 per 100,000 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of Sunday, April 11, Grant and Coos counties had the lowest vaccination rate in the state, 17.4%, according to the CDC, which calculates based on complete vaccinations.
Kimberly Lindsay, Grant County public health administrator, estimated that around 30% of the countyâs residents are partially or fully vaccinated.
Lindsay said the county has stopped requesting additional vaccine doses from the Oregon Health Authority because of a lack of demand.