Hunting and fishing play a big role in conservation at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
![Photo of wetlands at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, with the old twin dairy barns on the righthand side of the image and bare winter trees in the background.](https://makingwaves.psp.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NWR_043-1024x683.jpg)
The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge encompasses more than 4,500 acres around the Nisqually River Delta. Among the many visitors to the refuge each year are hundreds of people who come to hunt geese, ducks, and other waterfowl during the fall and winter hunting seasons.