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Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 3,709-acre (15.01 km 2) protected area in Riverside County, California's Coachella Valley. It lies within the unincorporated community of Thousand Palms , just north of Palm Desert .
The Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge, for the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, is contained within the Coachella Valley Preserve, and Indio Hills Palms State Reserve, located east of Palm Springs near Palm Desert, California, in the Colorado Desert region of the Sonoran Desert.
In the sweltering Coachella Valley, community advocates are calling for the state to transform its recreation area at the Salton Sea into a vibrant destination where families could gather in nature.
The Indio Hills Palms Park Property is managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.The Coachella Valley Preserve, a 2,206-acre (8.93 km 2) area, is maintained by the non-profit Nature Conservancy and is one of the few in the desert with an oasis fed by natural springs that supports the only California native palm, the Washingtonia filifera, or California Fan Palm.
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge: Lauderdale County: January 3, 1997 1,060 acres (4.3 km 2) [8] Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge: Calhoun County: May 29, 2003 9,016 acres (36.49 km 2) Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: Jackson County: 1978 264 acres (1.07 km 2) Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge: Jefferson County: 1980 24 ...
For residents in the eastern Coachella Valley, a rural area in Riverside County, Calif., the rapid increase in extreme heat is causing farmworkers to become ill and even costing some their lives.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), through its seven regional divisions, [15] manages more than 700 protected areas statewide, totaling 1,177,180 acres (4,763.9 km 2). [16] They are broadly categorized as: 110 wildlife areas, [17] designed to give the public easier access to wildlife while preserving habitats.
Desert grounds are heating up ahead of the 2024 Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 11. From Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila Outpost to the annual Neon Carnival, trendy pre-festival parties ...