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Columbian White-tailed Deer Background The Columbian White-tailed Deer is an endangered subspecies of white tailed deer. Once ranging over much of western Washington and Oregon, it now exists in two remnant populations, with one located within the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge , near Cathlamet, WA. This location is less than optimal for the long term recovery and viability of this species, due to periodic flooding as well as the existence of man-made and natural barriers which prevent expansion into useable habitats, among other factors. To address this limitation, portions of

The federal government and the states of Oregon and Washington have all developed recovery plans for endangered and threatened Columbia River salmon. The Estuary Partnership has obtained some of the GIS data contained in these plans, and presented it in the map below to help inform restoration and recovery efforts. As more data becomes available it will be added to the map. Currently, the following datasets are included: