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The Cosumnes continues southwest, passing Sheldon and Wilton, receives Deer Creek from the right, then is crossed by Highway 99 near Elk Grove. Below Highway 99 it enters the nearly 50,000-acre (20,000 ha) Cosumnes River Preserve, which include some of the largest remaining wetlands and riparian areas in the Central Valley. [9]
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]
Rancho Omochumnes, also known as "Rancho Río de los Cosumnes al Norte", was a 18,662-acre (75.52 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Sacramento County, California. It was granted in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Jared Dixon Sheldon. [ 1] The grant extended about 17 miles (27 km) along the north bank of the Cosumnes River ...
Cosumnes River country holds a very special place among California landscapes. The Cosumnes River Preserve was created to safeguard much of that landscape. The city hosts an annual winter bird festival, in conjunction with the Cosumnes River Preserve , as many birds winter in and around the city.
The Harvest Water development is located roughly between Interstate 5 and Highway 99, south of the Elk Grove and north of Twin Cities Road and the Cosumnes River Preserve.
Cosumnes Oaks High School (pronounced kuh-sum-ness ), or COHS, is a preparatory four-year public high school in Elk Grove, California. It is the youngest high school of the Elk Grove Unified School District, opening in 2008 with the Class of 2011 being its first class of graduating seniors. In 2012 Cosumnes Oaks was officially accredited by the ...
Area. 596,724 acres (2,414.86 km 2) Established. July 28, 1910. Governing body. U.S. Forest Service. Website. Eldorado National Forest. Eldorado National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the central Sierra Nevada mountain range, in eastern 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 .