Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 752 County Rd 99W
Willows, CA 95988
Phone: 530-934-2801;
Web: www.fws.gov/sacramentovalleyrefuges/sac.htm
Established: 1937.
Location: Along I-5, about 85 miles north of Sacramento, California.
Facilities: Visitor center (with exhibits, gift shop, and learning center), viewing platforms, hiking trails, auto tour routes.
Activities: Hiking, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: For thousands of years the Sacramento Valley has provided a winter haven for ducks, geese, and swans. Waterfowl migrate here by the millions from as far away as the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada and Siberia.
Habitats: 10,783 acres of seasonal marsh, permanent ponds, watergrass, and uplands.
Access: Open from sunrise to sunset year round.
Wild life: Fairy shrimp, vernal pool tadpole shrimp, giant garter snake, peregrine falcon, bald eagle, tricolored blackbird, grebe, heron, golden eagle, beaver, muskrat, and black-tailed deer.

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