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  2. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge is a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) island located 80 miles (130 km) north of Humboldt Bay (less than 1-mile (1.6 km) off the Pacific Coast) near Crescent City. The island serves as the second-largest seabird nesting colony in California.

  3. Humboldt Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1971 to conserve and protect a diverse habitat full of mammals, migratory birds, fish, amphibians, and plants. [35] In total, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge is 3,000 acres including the cities and towns of Loleta, Eureka, and Arcata [36]

  4. Lanphere Dunes - Wikipedia

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    The Lanphere Dunes National Natural Landmark a unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, is located in Humboldt County, California. The dune complex consists of the wave slope, fore dune, herbaceous and woody swales, coniferous and riparian forest, freshwater swamp , freshwater marsh , brackish marsh , salt marsh, and ...

  5. Protected areas of California - Wikipedia

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    National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is an extensive system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants.

  6. Headwaters Forest Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Headwaters Forest Reserve is a group of old growth coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) groves in the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion near Humboldt Bay of the U.S. state of California. Comprising about 7,472 acres (30.24 km 2), it is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of the National Landscape Conservation ...

  7. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

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    It was founded in 1974 as the first urban National Wildlife Refuge established in the United States, and it is dedicated to preserving and enhancing wildlife habitat, protecting migratory birds, protecting threatened and endangered species, and providing opportunities for wildlife-oriented recreation and nature study for the surrounding communities.

  8. List of nature centers in California - Wikipedia

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    Exhibits about the marine life environment and importance of San Francisco Bay, aquarium, local history, 2.5 mile beach CuriOdyssey: San Mateo: San Mateo: Formerly the Coyote Point Museum, experiential science and wildlife center with many live animals, native garden David C. Daniels Nature Center San Mateo

  9. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes - Wikipedia

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    The 2,553 acres (1,033 ha) Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in the midsection of the Dunes Complex and includes 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of beach front. The NWR was established in 2000 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and includes some of the most remote and least disturbed habitats in the dunes complex.