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This is a list of California Department of Fish and Wildlife protected areas. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), through its seven regional divisions, manages 262 protected areas statewide.
The Audubon Society reports that the majority of the Pettaquamscutt Cove IBA is under private ownership or in open water, with smaller portions being part of the Chafee NWR (18.7%), under the ownership of conservation organizations such as the Audubon Society of Rhode Island (3.8%) and the Narrow River Land Trust (3.0%), or owned by ...
There are 34 Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) off the coast of California. These are marine areas that "support an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often host unique individual species" that are monitored for water quality by the California State Water Resources Control Board.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is an American state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protects the state's wildlife, wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, algae (kelp and seaweed) and native ...
The U.S. National Park System controls a large and diverse group of California parks, monuments, recreation areas and other units which in total exceed 6,240,000 acres (25,300 km 2). [2] The best known is Yosemite National Park , noted for several iconic natural features including Yosemite Falls , El Capitan and Half Dome , which is displayed ...
The Merced National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres (41.53 km 2) of wetlands, native grasslands, vernal pools, and riparian areas in California. It was established in 1951 under the Lea Act to attract wintering waterfowl from adjacent farmland where their foraging was causing crop damage. In the last few decades, changes in ...
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island. Sachuest Point (SAT-choo-est [2]) is a wildlife refuge in the southeasternmost part of the Town of Middletown, Rhode Island, on a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island Sound, the 242-acre (0.98 km 2).
There are twenty-two major facilities that make up the RI State Park system. This includes eight state (saltwater) beaches and five (non-surf) beaches, along with smaller public use lands managed by the Division of Parks and Recreation within the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.