JESS WENICK AND DOMINIC BACKMAN WITH THE MALHEUR WILDLIFE REFUGE SPOKE ON HARNEY COUNTY LIVE ABOUT MALHEUR LAKE  AND THE ECOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION OF IT NOT REALLY BEING A LAKE. MALHEUR LAKE IS ACTUALLY A WETLAND. THE REFUGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BURNS PAIUTE TRIBE ARE CHANGING THE NAME FROM MALHEUR LAKE TO WADAPAA.