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The Cosumnes River Preserve is a nature preserve of over 51,000 acres (210 km 2) located 20 miles (30 km) south of Sacramento, in the US state of California.The preserve protects a Central Valley remnant that once contained one of the largest expanses of oak tree savanna, riparian oak forest and wetland habitat in North America. [1]
The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) [ 2 ] into the Central Valley , emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta .
The largest private preserve is the 93,000 acres (380 km 2) Wind Wolves Preserve owned by the aforementioned Wildlands Conservancy. [21] In total, there are many dozens of land trust and conservation organizations active in California, with thousands of acres preserved on public and private lands through their efforts. [ 22 ]
Cosumnes River Preserve near Sacramento, California; Cosumnes River AVA, an American Viticultural Area in Sacramento County and San Joaquin County; Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California; Cosumnes River College (Sacramento RT) a light rail station in Sacramento, California; Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove, California
The Cosumnes River — flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the southern Sacramento Valley in northern California. A major tributary of the Mokelumne River , which is a tributary of the San Joaquin River .
Cosumnes River Preserve; S. Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta; Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge This page was last edited on 1 November 2019, at 22:39 (UTC). ...
Placerita Canyon State Park is a California State Park located on the north slope of the western San Gabriel Mountains, in an unincorporated rural area of Los Angeles County, near the city of Santa Clarita. [1]
The Ventana Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Santa Lucia Range along the Central Coast of California.This wilderness was established in 1969 when the Ventana Wilderness Act redesignated the 55,800-acre (22,600 ha) Ventana Primitive Area as the Ventana Wilderness and added land, totalling 98,000 acres (40,000 hectares).