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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.
Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area: Bannock County Franklin County: ID 1985 1,878 acres (7.60 km 2) [126] Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge: Mason County: IL 1936 4,388 acres (17.76 km 2) [127] Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge: Jackson County Union County Williamson County: IL 1947 43,890 acres (177.6 km 2) [128] Cypress Creek ...
Hunting for waterfowl, pheasant and mourning dove is conducted in specific area by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife during the fall and winter months. The "Discover the Flyway" environmental education program annually brings approximately 4,000 students per year to learn about wetlands and visit the wildlife area.
The latter legislation served to greatly increase the acquisition of waterfowl habitat in California. The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, passed in 1937, was the authority used for establishing a number of wildlife refuges across the country. Under this act, certain lands acquired by the Resettlement Administration were designated by executive ...
The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California is one of the great remnants of a historically bountiful wintering grounds for migratory waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway.
Berkowitz's zeal for waterfowl, however, has detractors along with supporters. In total, the Duck Pond hosts 400 permanent residents, many of them domestic nonnative birds abandoned by former ...
The complex is headquartered in Los Banos, California and uses the Sierra National Forest Emergency Communication Center located in Fresno, California for emergency dispatch. The complex is located within the Pacific Flyway, a major route for migrating birds, including waterfowl. The extensive wetlands of the complex and surrounding lands ...
Already, it is shrinking. Once 120,000 acres, roughly the size of Lake Tahoe, Tulare Lake had receded to 61,000 acres as of early August, Ferrier said.