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The site is owned by the Irvine Ranch Water District; it was used for farmland in the 1950s and 1960s, and (prior to its reconstruction) as a duck hunting range. Restoration of the wetlands began in 1988 and was completed in 2000. [1] Now, the site serves a dual purpose of removing nitrates from the creek water and providing a bird habitat. The ...
Located in the Bear Creek, Salt Slough, and San Joaquin River floodplain, it hosts a myriad of tree-lined channels and oxbows, wetlands and native grasslands. Thousands of acres of wetlands, fed by an intricate set of canals, are managed to produce natural food supplies for migratory waterfowl .
It encompasses over 7,000 acres (28 km 2) of riparian woodlands, wetlands and grasslands that host a diversity of wildlife native to California's Central Valley. The refuge is situated where three major rivers, the San Joaquin , Tuolumne and Stanislaus Rivers , join providing key wildlife corridor habitat.
Total combined area of the forests is 20,061,888 acres (81,187.58 km 2) and covers over 19% of the state. The largest forest entirely within the state is Shasta-Trinity National Forest, at 2,209,832 acres (8,942.87 km 2), the smallest is Cleveland National Forest at 460,000 acres (1,900 km 2).
As California's largest lake, the Salton Sea provides crucial feeding grounds for birds migrating from the Arctic to as far as South America. Many different species are drawn by the varied marine-like and freshwater habitats that can be found at this wetland oasis in the desert. Additionally, many bird species make the refuge their year-round home.
Wetlands at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in October 2022. The water flows in the refuge have to be controlled artificially, and the vegetation has to be managed actively through irrigation and burning, to ensure that the wetlands remain productive, and provide adequate food and resting places for the birds.
The Ash Creek State Wildlife Area primarily consists of freshwater wetlands, which are formed by the seasonal flow of six streams, including Ash Creek. The region contains 3,000 acres of natural wetlands, vernal pools, and upland sagebrush. The wildlife area boasts the largest acreage of vernal pools in the watershed, providing a unique habitat ...
The California coastal sage and chaparral (Spanish: Salvia y chaparral costero de California) is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregion, defined by the World Wildlife Fund, located in southwestern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California . It is part of the larger California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.