Located just outside Olympia, the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge offers visitors an opportunity to connect with nature in a peaceful and non-intrusive manner.

Summer visitors to the Nisqually National Wildlife refuge enjoy panoramic views of the Nisqually Delta, intimate encounters with visiting waterfowl and, for the last 30 years, the annual Summer ...

The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a great destination when you want to get outdoors and only have a few hours to spend. There are several miles of trails for hiking, a multitude of places ...

At first I heard only a faint chirp. I figured it most likely came from a song sparrow – a common bird in the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. But the sound was unusual enough to make me stop ...

Since 1974, Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge has been a sanctuary for migratory birds, fish, wildlife and plants. On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Nisqually ...

NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Thurston County — As the light fades and the tide creeps out to sea, they come by twos and threes, their wings whistling in the evening sky: ducks, alighting ...

It’s springtime, which means a flurry of activity as tiny feet and paws tread the dirt for the first time across Washington and Oregon’s hundreds of parks, forests and wildlife ...

Tue., July 19, 2016 NISQUALLY, Washington – Dancers and drummers from the Nisqually Tribe perform at the renaming of the national wildlife refuge for the late tribal activist Billy Frank Jr ...

The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge has more than 200 volunteers that help run the Norm Dicks Visitor Center, maintain the refuge and run special events like the lecture series.

The refuge is to be renamed the Billy Frank Jr. National Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, which is next to the Nisqually Reservation, where Frank was raised and lived until his death in May 2014 at 83.