Yellow Island

The island is home to a wide array of flora and fauna, including over 50 species of wildflowers, bald eagles, harbor seals, black oystercatchers, and harlequin ducks.

Before the arrival of Europeans, the island was used by the indigenous population for harvesting plant foods such as the roots of the camas flower.

Intentional burning kept the tree population in check, helping to maintain the prairies needed for camas.

[1] Lewis and Elizabeth Dodd bought the island in the fall of 1945, and sold it in 1979 to The Nature Conservancy, who administer it as a nature preserve.

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