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| | Department of Natural Resource Sciences |
 | | The 11,300 acre unit includes topographic, climatic, and vegetative features representative of range and forest types found on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains and in the Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington. |
 | | The Colockum Unit was established in 1961, as a research, teaching, and extension facility of Washington State University's Department of Forestry and Range Management (now the Department of Natural Resource Sciences). |
 | | Mule deer are resident within the Unit, along with upland birds such as Chukkars, Hungarian partridge, doves, quail, and blue and ruffed grouse. |
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