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| | Black Beauty: A bountiful river is the focus of an intense protection effort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The river's diverse habitats, including prairie oak woodlands, sphagnum bogs, shrub thickets, alder bottoms and wetland conifer forests, are home to otter, mink, beavers, bear, cutthroat and steelhead trout, chinook and coho salmon and 50 bird species at various times. |
 | | Officially called the Black River unit of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge (which is about 20 miles to the north), most refer to it simply as the Black River Refuge. |
 | | The Black is open for fishing June 1 to Oct. 31 and known as a decent river for sea-run and resident cutthroat. |
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