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  2. Protected areas of California - Wikipedia

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    The California Department of Parks and Recreation maintains over 270 protected areas, which include almost one-third of California's scenic coastline, including coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. The state parks system covers 1.3 million acres (5,300 km 2), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline, 625 miles (1,006 km) of ...

  3. Kern National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Kern NWR. Kern National Wildlife Refuge is a 11,249-acre (45.52 km 2) protected area located in the southern portion of California 's San Joaquin Valley, 20 miles (32 km) west of the city of Delano. Situated on the southern margin of what was once the largest freshwater wetland complex known as Tulare Lake in the western United States, Kern ...

  4. California State Parks - Wikipedia

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    Website. parks.ca.gov. The 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. San Jacinto Wildlife Area - Wikipedia

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    The San Jacinto Wildlife Area (WA) is a 20,126-acre (8,145 ha; 31.447 sq mi) wildlife preserve in the Inland Empire region of California in the United States managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. [2] San Jacinto WA is made of up two discontinuous areas, one east of California State Route 79 called the Potrero Unit, and one ...

  6. Grassland Ecological Area - Wikipedia

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    1451 [ 1 ] The Grassland Ecological Area, also known as the Grasslands Ecological Area is a designated Ramsar Site (wetland of international importance) in Central California. It covers an area of 250 square miles (650 km 2) along the San Joaquin River in California's Central Valley. The wetlands are on the Pacific Flyway, and are an important ...

  7. Category:Wetlands of California - Wikipedia

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    San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex. San Mateo Creek (Southern California) Scovern Hot Springs. Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. Shollenberger Park. Sierra Valley. Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. Stone Lagoon. Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

  8. Wetlands of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Wetlands Geodatabase and the Wetlands Mapper, as an Internet discovery portal, provide technological tools that allow the integration of large relational databases with spatial information and map-like displays. The information is made available to an array of federal, state, tribal, and local governments and the public.

  9. List of California state parks - Wikipedia

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    Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its 6,000-foot-tall (1,800 m) rock crags. [49] Castle Rock State Park. State park. Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo. 5,242. 2,121. 1968. Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.