Wildlife, California
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- Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve — Wildlife · San Bernardino County, CA
CDFW ecological reserve on the north side of intermittent Baldwin Lake in Big Bear Valley. Protects rare pebble-plain plant communities and vernal wet meadow…
- Big Morongo Canyon Preserve — Wildlife · San Bernardino County, CA
Desert oasis and riparian wildlife corridor in Morongo Valley linking the San Bernardino Mountains to the Coachella Valley. BLM Area of Critical Environmenta…
- Blackrock Waterfowl Management Area — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
Managed wetland complex on the Lower Owens River Project (LORP) north of Independence — roughly 1,500–2,500 acres of off-river ponds, seeps, and seasonal hab…
- Butterbredt Spring — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
Desert spring and Important Bird Area on the south edge of the Sierra–Mojave transition, inside the Jawbone–Butterbredt ACEC. Cottonwood/willow riparian cove…
- Canebrake Ecological Reserve — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
CDFW ecological reserve on the South Fork Kern River corridor east of Lake Isabella, protecting cottonwood-willow riparian forest, blue oak woodland, sagebru…
- Cartago Wildlife Area — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
CDFW Type-C wildlife area of about 232 acres of freshwater wetland and springs on the southwestern shore of Owens Lake at Cartago. One of the last spring-fed…
- Cottonwood Springs (Death Valley) — Wildlife · Death Valley, CA
A named perennial spring oasis in Cottonwood Canyon on the west side of Death Valley, where cottonwoods and streamside vegetation create rare desert wildlife…
- Death Valley Bighorn Habitat — Wildlife · Death Valley, CA
The Panamint Mountains hold one of the largest desert bighorn sheep populations in the US. Best viewing at dawn near Wildrose and Telescope Peak trailheads. …
- Deep Springs Lake Ecological Reserve — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
Remote 720-acre CDFW ecological reserve around a seasonal alkali lake in Deep Springs Valley, east of the White and Inyo ranges. Spring-fed wetlands here are…
- Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
BLM Research Natural Area and ACEC in the western Mojave protecting high-density desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat at the southwest end of the Ran…
- Dos Palmas Preserve — Wildlife · Riverside County, CA
BLM-managed desert oasis and wetland complex east of the Salton Sea where Coachella Canal seepage and natural springs support California fan palms, mesquite …
- Finney Lake (Imperial Wildlife Area) — Wildlife · Imperial County, CA
Freshwater lake and wetland complex in the Finney–Ramer Unit of CDFW Imperial Wildlife Area, along the Alamo River east of the Salton Sea. Premier Imperial V…
- Fish Slough — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
Rare desert wetland and riparian corridor on the Volcanic Tableland north of Bishop, managed as a CDFW Ecological Reserve with an overlapping BLM Area of Cri…
- Harper Lake — Wildlife · San Bernardino County, CA
Mojave dry-lake / alkali flat basin north of Barstow approaches that becomes a seasonal wetland birding destination after wet winters. A wildlife pin for sho…
- Havasu National Wildlife Refuge — Wildlife · AZ/CA Border
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge protects Colorado River shoreline, backwaters, and desert uplands between Needles and Lake Havasu City. Topock Marsh and rive…
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
USFWS wetland refuge on the southern San Joaquin Valley floor west of Delano, the centerpiece of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Restored marsh, s…
- Kern River Preserve — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
Audubon California’s South Fork Kern River preserve protects one of the state’s largest remaining lowland riparian forests—cottonwood–willow woodland and adj…
- Mesquite Spring (Death Valley) — Wildlife · Death Valley, CA
Developed NPS campground and spring oasis at the north end of Death Valley National Park, near the Grapevine Mountains approach to Scotty’s Castle. The named…
- Mojave Narrows Regional Park — Wildlife · San Bernardino County, CA
County regional park where the Mojave River is forced to the surface through a bedrock constriction north of Victorville, creating perennial lakes, cottonwoo…
- Oso Flaco Lake — Wildlife · San Luis Obispo County, CA
800-acre day-use natural area in Oceano Dunes SVRA within the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes complex: willow-lined lake, floating boardwalk over open water, and dune…
- Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Viewing Area — Wildlife · San Luis Obispo County, CA
One of the largest mainland northern elephant seal rookeries in California: thousands of seals haul out on beaches just north of San Simeon along Highway 1. …
- Salt Creek Interpretive Trail — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
ADA boardwalk over Salt Creek in Death Valley—one of the few surface streams in the park and habitat for the endemic Salt Creek pupfish. Short flat loop with…
- Saratoga Spring — Wildlife · Death Valley, CA
Remote reed-fringed oasis in the far southern arm of Death Valley National Park. Spring-fed pools and wetlands support Saratoga Springs pupfish (endemic), mi…
- Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge — Wildlife · Imperial County, CA
Pacific Flyway refuge at the south end of the Salton Sea where managed wetlands, fields, and desert uplands support huge seasonal concentrations of waterfowl…
- Sunbeam Lake County Park — Wildlife · Imperial County, CA
Imperial County park around a freshwater irrigation reservoir west of El Centro / Seeley, used by waterfowl, shorebirds, and desert-edge species as well as a…
- Thousand Palms Oasis (Coachella Valley Preserve) — Wildlife · Riverside County, CA
BLM Coachella Valley Preserve oasis of native California fan palms along the San Andreas Fault zone north of the Coachella Valley. A mile-long trail system w…
- Tinemaha Viewing Area — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
A BLM wildlife overlook on the west side of Tinemaha Reservoir in the Owens Valley, built for 360-degree scanning of waterfowl, shorebirds, and tule elk agai…
- Tule Elk State Natural Reserve — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
California State Parks sanctuary near Buttonwillow protecting a managed herd of tule elk—an endemic subspecies once nearly extinct—plus San Joaquin Valley gr…
- Whitewater Preserve — Wildlife · Riverside County, CA
2,846-acre (preserve core ~2,246 ac) Wildlands Conservancy property along the perennial Whitewater River at the mouth of a major canyon corridor into the San…
- Wind Wolves Preserve — Wildlife · Kern County, CA
California’s largest nonprofit nature preserve at the San Emigdio Mountains–San Joaquin Valley interface, where Transverse Ranges, Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevad…
- Wister Unit (Imperial Wildlife Area) — Wildlife · Imperial County, CA
Primary Type-A unit of CDFW Imperial Wildlife Area on the east shore of the Salton Sea northwest of Niland. Managed salt marsh, freshwater ponds, and desert …