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• Long Island Barge Trip: Note Registration and Waitlist Full!

  • When
    July 26, 2025
  •  
    1:30 PM - 6:15 PM
  • Location
    Cutthroat Creek: 3888 US-101, Ilwaco, WA near mile marker 24
  • Spaces left
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  Barge Trip to Long island

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hosting an annual trip to Long Island via barge with guided hikes included. This island, only accessible by boat, is a part of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and is home to the Don Bonker Cedar Grove Trail. The trail winds through an old-growth coastal temperate rainforest with many large western red cedar trees that are nearly 1,000 years old.  

  Check-in starts at 1:30pm and the barge departs promptly at 2:15pm. Participants will return to Cutthroat Creek by 6:15pm.

  The hike to the Cedar Grove is approximately two miles round-trip from the barge landing, on an unpaved trail rated as moderately difficult. Participants must be able to walk on uneven terrain over this distance.

  Participants must also wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD) on the barge. If you have a PFD, please bring it with you. Refuge staff will have PFDs available for those that do not have one. We recommend wearing all-weather clothing and appropriate footwear, and bring water, snacks, binoculars, camera, and insect repellant.

  To Register:  (Please note: Registration and Waitlist is full!)

  Use button on left to start, follow prompts to complete. You will be asked to check off two waiver forms during registration; one is for the Friends, the other is for traveling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service barge. You can view the forms here.

  You must select the ‘Confirm’ button after reviewing your input to complete the process. If you do not receive an email saying your registration is complete, you are not registered. Please contact events@friendsofwillaparefuge.org with any issues.

  If weather or other conditions require us to cancel this event, we will notify you as soon as possible.

  Want to become a member and join us? Visit https://friendsofwillaparefuge.org/Membership. 

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