Kern National Wildlife Refuge

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Address: PO Box 670
Delano, CA 93216
Phone: 661-725-2767;
Web: natureali.org/KNWR.htm
Established: 1960.
Location: 18 miles west of Delano, in south-central California.
Facilities: Visitor contact station, auto tour route.
Activities: Hunting, wildlife observation.
Special Features: Refuge provides suitable habitat for several endagered species and preserves a remnant example of the historic valley uplands in the San Joaquin Desert.
Habitats: 11,249 acres which include natural valley grasslands and developed marsh.
Access: Open daily, from dawn to dusk.
Wild life: Migratory wildfowl and shorebirds, as well as endangered Buena Vista Lake shrew, San Joaquin kit fox, and the blunt-nosed leopard lizard..

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No references found			Duck hunters ought to enjoy fine hunting at the Kern National Wildlife Refuge near Wasco. SHOOTING PARTY PROSPECTS GOOD FOR UPLAND GAME-BIRD AND WATERFOWL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) With scientific surveys unearthing fewer than 30 of these animals at only four locations--the former Kern Lake Preserve, Cole Levee Ecological Preserve, the Kern Fan recharge area and our own Kern National Wildlife Refuge complex--we believe the species is perilously close to extinction. Buena Vista Lake shrew (Sorex ornatus relictus) by Endangered Species Update Kern National Wildlife Refuge Water Control More than 4,600 acres of the refuge will be enhanced through the construction of levees and installation of water control structures. Audubon Receives Million-Dollar Grant for Wetlands Protection by PR Newswire			Kerim Saramurzaevich Otarov Kerimov, Dzhangir Kerimov, Dzhangir Ali-Abasovich Kerinci, Mount Kerintji Keriya Kerki Kerkichi Kerkira Kérkira kerkis Kerkrade Kerma Kermadec Deep Kermadec Islands Kerman Kermanshah Kermen kermes kermesite Kermit Kermode, Sir Frank Kern Kern counter Kern County Kern National Wildlife Refuge Kern, Jerome Kern, John W. kernal Kernel kernel blight kernel ice kernel panic Kernel Parlog kernel space kernel spot Kernel User Interface Package Kerner Von Marilaun, Anton Kerner, Otto, Jr. kernicterus Kernig's sign Kernighan, Brian W. kerning kernite kerogen kerogen shale Kerope Patkanov Kerope Petrovich Patkanov Keros kerosene Kerosine			Kern County Rabbit Breeders Association Kern County Racing Association Kern County School Boards Association Kern County Sheriff's Department Kern County Sheriff's Office Kern County Society for Human Resource Management Kern County Substance Abuse Prevention Education Kern County Superintendent of Schools Kern County Treasurer and Tax Collector Kern County Water Agency Kern County Women Lawyers Association Kern County, CA Kern County, California Kern Economic Development Corporation Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network Kern Environmental Education Foundation Kern Environmental Education Program Kern Family Health Care Kern forceps Kern High Faculty Association Kern High School District Kern Independent PC User Group Kern Law Enforcement Association Kern Medical Center Kern National Wildlife Refuge Kern Off-Highway Vehicle Association Kern Parent Child Center Kern Primrose Sphinx Moth Kern Produce Shippers Association Kern River Kern River Alliance Kern River County Park Kern River Fly Fishers Kern River Gas Transmission Kern River Outfitters Kern River Valley Kern River Valley Specific Plan Kern Schools Federal Credit Union Kern Union High School District Kern Valley River Council Kern Valley State Prison Kern Water Bank Authority Kern Wind Energy Association Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome (David) Kern, Jerome (David) Kern, John W. KERNAL kerne kerne kerned kerned

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