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San Luis also contains the most extensive network of pristine native grasslands, shrubs, and vernal pools that still remain within the Central Valley. Thousands upon thousands of mallard , pintail , green-winged teal , and ring-necked ducks flock into the managed wetlands; while the wood duck lives throughout the tree-lined slough channels.
The complex is composed of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, and the Grasslands Wildlife Management Area. The complex consists of nearly 45,000 acres (180 km 2 ) of wetlands , grasslands, and riparian habitats , as well as over 90,000 acres (360 km 2 ) of ...
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge: San Diego County: CA 1999 2,620 acres (10.6 km 2) [53] San Diego National Wildlife Refuge: San Diego County: CA - 11,152 acres (45.13 km 2) [54] San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge: San Joaquin/Stanislaus Counties CA 1987: 7,000 acres (28 km 2) [55] San Luis National Wildlife Refuge: Merced County ...
The Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge is located approximately 18 miles west of Merced County in the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, in the San Joaquin Valley of central California. [1] The refuge is 26,609 acres (107.68 km 2) and includes a variety of wetland and riparian habitat which supports a large variety of waterfowl, mammals and ...
It is located in the San Joaquin Valley in Central California, near the junction of State Route 152 and Interstate 5. Its population was 45,532 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] up from 35,972 at the 2010 census .The city is served by Los Banos Municipal Airport for air transport access.
More than 1 million ducks and geese will spend the winter throughout Merced County wildlife refuges, state and public lands. Merced County wildlife refuges become winter haven for ducks, geese ...
Although they had been completely extirpated from Point Reyes by the nineteenth century, in 1978, ten tule elk were reintroduced to Point Reyes from the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge near Los Banos. [10] By 2009, the population climbed to over 440 elk at Tomales Point's 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) of coastal scrub and grasslands. [11]
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