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Delevan National Wildlife Refuge

Delevan National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges
Address:c/o Sacramento NWR
752 County Rd 99W
Willows, CA 95988

Phone:530-934-2801
Web: www.fws.gov/sacramentovalleyrefuges/delevan.htm
Established: 1962.
Location:80 miles north of Sacramento, California.
Facilities:Viewing sites.
Activities:Hunting, wildlife watching.
Special Features:Hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese use the refuge from November through January.
Habitats: 5,797 acres of seasonal marsh, permanent ponds, and uplands.
Access: Daylight hours year round.
Wild life: Migratory waterfowl, wintering peregrine falcon and bald eagle, tricolored blackbird and a large colony of the endangered palmate-bracted bird's beak. Also provides habitat for giant garter snake, beaver, muskrat, and black-tailed deer.

See other parks in California.
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