San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge

San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: c/o San Luis NWR
PO Box 2176
Los Banos, CA 93635
Phone: 209-826-3508;
Fax: 209-826-1445;
Web: www.fws.gov/sanluis/sanjoaquin_info.htm
Established: 1987.
Location: 8 miles west of Modesto, California.
Special Features: Refuge played a key role in the recovery and 2001 delisting of the Aleutian Canada Goose by providing critical habitat for the species.
Habitats: 6,642 acres of riparian forests, pastures, agricultural fields, and wetlands.
Access: Closed to the public.
Wild life: Aleutian Canada geese (endangered), sandhill cranes, herons, egrets and neotropical migratory land birds.

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