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Approximately 20,000 acres (81 km 2) lie within the approved acquisition boundary, of which about 12,000 acres (49 km 2) are privately owned for the purpose of waterfowl hunting. Conservation easements have been acquired on 6,000 acres (24 km 2 ), requiring landowners to maintain land in wetlands.
In 1870, the first fish ladder in the state was built on a tributary of the Truckee River, and a state hatching house was established at the University of California in Berkeley. In 1871, the state appointed the first Game Wardens to handle wildlife law enforcement, making the Enforcement Division of the Department of Fish and Game the first ...
Imperial County, California: 1964 16,627 acres (67.29 km 2) Havasu National Wildlife Refuge: Mojave County, Arizona San Bernardino County, California: 1941 37,515 acres (151.82 km 2) Imperial National Wildlife Refuge: LaPaz and Yuma Counties, Arizona Imperial County, California: 1941 25,768 acres (104.28 km 2) [20] Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
These lands are privately owned and closed to public access. In addition, a 733-acre (2.97 km 2) area (owned in fee title) was established in 1980 to protect wetlands for wintering waterfowl. This area is known as the "Butte Sink Unit" (formerly known as the Butte Sink National Wildlife Refuge), and is also closed to public access.
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The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
Sonoma Coast State Beach is a series of beaches that extends 13 miles (21 km) from Bodega Bay to the Russian River. There are more than a dozen access points to Sonoma Coast State Beach along State Highway 1, and the Sonoma Coast Trail connects many of the secret beaches hidden by rocky coves and tall bluffs.
An American Airlines flight narrowly avoided crashing into a mountain range in Hawaii, officials said.