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California State Parks is the state park system for the U.S. state of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [5]
The largest is Anza-Borrego State Park at 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2), making it one of the largest state parks in the country. The smallest, Watts Towers, owned by the State Park system but managed by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, [12] is a mere 0.1-acre (400 m 2). Sunset at Bolsa Chica State Beach
The classification of Fully Protected (often abbreviated as CFP) was the State's initial effort in the 1960s to identify and provide additional protection to those animals that were rare or faced possible extinction. [1] Lists were created for fish, [2] mammals, [3] amphibians & reptiles, [4] and birds. [5]
The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Imperial Valley of California, 40 miles (64 km) north of the Mexican border. Situated at the southern end of the Salton Sea, the refuge protects one of the most important nesting sites and stopovers along the Pacific Flyway.
(California state parks) A rare monster-like fish has washed up on the shores of Crystal Cove Park in California, surprisingly the second one to be found at the park in the past few years.
An ancient basin for fish preservation in Tyritake, Crimea A fish-drying rack in Norway. Fish preservation is the method of increasing the shelf life of fish and other fish products by applying the principles of different branches of science in order to keep the fish, after it has landed, in a condition wholesome and fit for human consumption ...
After considering the public comments, consulting with other United States Government agencies, the government of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, and other interested Indigenous groups and tribes, and taking into account the nature conservation and renewable energy goals of the U.S. and California state governments, [10] NOAA set its ...
The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1980 and dedicated to the acquisition of land for preservation as open space, for wildlife and California native plants habitat Nature Preserves, and for public recreation activities. [1] [2]