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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-164 as the RMP process moves forward. The RMP Revision also will consider the possibility of designation of the Sentinel Butte Dunes as an ACEC (Priebe 2011). 3.6.2.4 Hanford Reach National Monument The 195,000 acre (300 square mile) HRNM was established by Presidential Proclamation in 2000 and is located in the Project area along the Columbia River. The HRNM was established around the Hanford Site. The Monument encompasses one of the last free flowing segments of the Columbia River (see Columbia River Eligible Wild and Scenic River below). HRNM lands are owned and administered by either the Department of Energy (DOE) or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Columbia River Corridor, Wahluke, and Rattlesnake Administrative Units are in the Project area as established in the Final HRNM Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS; USFWS 2008). The Columbia and Rattlesnake Units are DOE- owned lands and the Wahluke Unit is owned by the USFWS. Lands administered by the USFWS include the Saddle Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), which existed prior to and was incorporated into, the HRNM when it was established on June 9, 2000. 3.6.2.5 Columbia NWR Portions of the western extremes of Columbia NWR are located in the Project area along Lower Crab Creek and the northern slope of the Saddle Mountains. The NWR is managed by the USFWS. The Columbia NWR was established in conjunction with the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project in 1944. The land, water, and wildlife of the NWR have been actively managed since 1955. 3.6.2.6 Yakima Hills IBA The Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM YTC) has been identified as an IBA. The National Audubon Society administers the IBA Program in the United States. JBLM YTC has “Recognized” status under the Program. Recognized IBAs are identified IBAs that have been announced to the public. Recognition may mean that a landowner has been notified and has approved of the fact that the property has been identified as an IBA. JBLM YTC is recognized as an IBA based on the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) status as a Global and State Species of Conservation Concern, Sage-Grouse presence in rare/unique habitat, and, as defined by the National Audubon Society, an area having “greater than 1% of the state population” (National Audubon Society 2012). 3.6.2.7 Columbia Basin Wildlife Area (Lower Crab Creek Unit and Priest Rapids Unit) The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) manages approximately 192,000 acres as the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area, with lands owned by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Grant County Public Utility District (PUD), the WDFW, the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the USFWS. Lands along Crab Creek and the Priest Rapids Pool were purchased with funds provided by Grant County PUD as mitigation for habitat inundation as a result of the construction of Priest Rapids Dam. The 24,958 acres Lower Crab Creek Unit includes the Nunnally Lake and Lenice Lake, and provides trout fishing, camping, hunting, wildlife viewing, and non-motorized boating activities. The area is managed under the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area Management Plan (WDFW 2006). The Priest Rapids Unit covers an area of 3,202 acres on the east side of the Columbia River south of the Wanapum Dam. Ownership within the unit is primarily WDFW, with some Reclamation and BLM included.