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Appendix 4-1. Status Level 1 and 2 Managed Areas Mapped for California Gap Analysis Project
Status 1 Areas
Status 2 Areas
STATUS 1 MANAGED AREAS
Managed Area Type and Name Mapped Area (ha) Year of Establishment Federal
BLM Wilderness Areas 1,205,555
Argus Range Wilderness Area 25,922 1994 Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness Area 4,244 1994 Bighorn Mountains Wilderness Area 10,590 1994 Big Maria Mountains Wilderness Area 18,593 1994 Bright Star Wilderness Area 3,244 1994 Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area 20,309 1994 Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area 7,683 1994 Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Area 4,603 1994 Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness Area 24,860 1994 Chimney Peak Wilderness Area 5,081 1994 Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Area 50,650 1994 Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Area 13,151 1994 Clipper Mountains Wilderness Area 16,168 1994 Coso Range Wilderness Area 19,744 1994 Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area 7,396 1994 Darwin Falls Wilderness Area 3,281 1994 Dead Mountains Wilderness Area 15,812 1994 Domeland Wilderness Area 951 1994 Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness Area 8,712 1994 Funeral Mountains Wilderness Area 10,862 1994 Golden Valley Wilderness Area 20,515 1994 Grass Valley Wilderness Area 11,450 1994 Hollow Hills Wilderness Area 9,102 1994 Ibex Hills Wilderness Area 10,117 1994 Indian Pass Wilderness Area 3,102 1994 Inyo Mountains Wilderness Area 49,727 1994 Ishi Wilderness Area (BLM) 77 1984 Jacumba Wilderness Area 13,282 1994 Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area 42,154 1994 Kiavah Wilderness Area 15,843 1994 Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Area 17,193 1994 Little Picacho Wilderness Area 16,472 1994 Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area (BLM) 42 1984 Malpais Mesa Wilderness Area 12,663 1994 Manly Peak Wilderness Area 17,268 1994 Mecca Hills Wilderness Area 10,247 1994 Mesquite Wilderness Area 18,233 1994 Newberry Mountains Wilderness Area 8,185 1994 Nopah Range Wilderness Area 43,134 1994 North Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area 9,759 1994 North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness Area 11,468 1994 Old Woman Mountains Wilderness Area 54,743 1994 Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Area 19,601 1994 Owens Peak Wilderness Area 29,530 1994 Pahrump Valley Wilderness Area 29,046 1994 Palen/McCoy Wilderness Area 80,985 1994 Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Area 11,673 1994 Picacho Peak Wilderness Area 13,152 1994 Piper Mountain Wilderness Area 28,596 1994 Piute Mountains Wilderness Area 14,512 1994 Resting Spring Wilderness Area 30,664 1994 Rice Valley Wilderness Area 16,040 1994 Riverside Mountains Wilderness Area 9,578 1994 Rodman Mountains Wilderness Area 8,352 1994 Sacatar Trail Wilderness Area 20,711 1994 Santa Lucia Wilderness Area (BLM) 19,747 1978 Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness Area 12,584 1994 Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area 63,402 1994 South Nopah Range Wilderness Area 6,574 1994 Stateline Wilderness Area 2,709 1994 Surprise Canyon Wilderness Area 3,513 1994 Sylvania Mountains Wilderness Area 7,180 1994 Trilobite Wilderness Area 10,106 1994 Turtle Mountains Wilderness Area 68,348 1994 Whipple Mountains Wilderness Area 32,323 1994 USFS Sanctuaries 36,342
Sespe Condor Sanctuary 21,476
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary 490
Bighorn Sheep Special Interest Area 14,377
USFS Research Natural Areas (RNA) 58,222
Adorni Research Natural Area (STBE) 238 pending Agua Tibia Research Natural Area 219 1991 American Canyon Research Natural Area 669 1991 Antelope Creek Lakes Research Natural Area (STBE) 228 pending Babbitt Peak Research Natural Area 541 1991 Backbone Creek Research Natural Area 164 1971 Bell Meadow Research Natural Area (STBE) 298 pending Big Grizzly Mountain Research Natural Area (cand) 310 pending Bishop Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 660 pending Blacks Mountain Experiment Stn Research Natl Area 210 1976 Bourland Meadow Research Natural Area (STBE) 210 pending Bridge Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 701 pending Broom Flat Research Natural Area (STBE) 200 pending Cahuilla Mountain Research Natural Area 357 1989 Cedar Basin Research Natural Area (STBE) 365 pending Church Dome Research Natural Area 592 1992 Clark Fork Research Natural Area (STBE) 946 pending Cleghorn Canyon Research Natural Area (STBE) 711 pending Cone Peak Gradient Research Natural Area 1,102 1987 Craigs Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 482 pending Crater Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 233 pending Cub Creek Research Natural Area 1,545 1981 Devils Garden Research Natural Area 309 1933 Devils Basin Research Natural Area (STBE) 274 pending Doll Basin Research Natural Area (STBE) 347 pending Falls Canyon Research Natural Area (STBE) 579 pending Fern Canyon Experiment Stn Research Natural Area 654 1972 Fishermans Camp Research Natural Area (STBE) 199 pending Frenzel Creek Research Natural Area 326 1971 French Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 1,049 pending Graham Pinery Research Natural Area (STBE) 351 pending Grass Lake Research Natural Area 130 1992 Green Island Lake Research Natural Area (STBE) 445 pending Hale Ridge Research Natural Area (Candidate) 399 pending Hall Canyon Research Natural Area 297 1990 Harvey Monroe Hall Research Natural Area 1,580 1933 Haypress Meadows Research Natural Area (Candidate) 499 pending Hennessy Ridge Research Natural Area (Candidate) 761 pending Horse Meadows Research Natural Area (STBE) 365 pending Hosselkus Limestone Research Natural Area (STBE) 2,613 pending Indiana Summit Research Natural Area 422 1932 Indian Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 1,481 pending Indian Creek Brewer Research Natural Area 234 pending Jawbone Ridge Research Natural Area 316 pending King Creek Research Natural Area 353 1991 Last Chance Meadow Research Natural Area 249 1982 L. E. Horton Research Natural Area (STBE) 461 pending Limestone Bluffs Research Natural Area (STBE) 375 pending Long Canyon Research Natural Area (STBE) 954 pending Lyon Peak/Needle Lake Research Natural Area 306 1992 Manzanita Creek Research Natural Area (Candidate) 2,935 pending Mayfield Research Natural Area (STBE) 490 pending McAffee Meadow Research Natural Area (STBE) 2,374 pending Millard Canyon Research Natural Area 324 1991 Moses Mountain Research Natural Area 383 1990 Mount Pleasant Research Natural Area 581 1992 Mount Eddy Research Natural Area (Candidate) 355 pending Mountaineer Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 678 pending Mud Lake Research Natural Area 183 1989 North Trinity Mountain Research Natural Area (Candidate) 584 pending Organ Valley Research Natural Area 257 1991 Pearch Creek Research Natural Area 1,192 pending Peavine Point Research Natural Area 453 1992 Preacher Meadows Research Natural Area (Candidate) 450 pending Raider Basin Research Natural Area (STBE) 2,618 pending Rock Creek Butte Research Natural Area (Candidate) 272 pending Ruth Research Natural Area (STBE) 236 pending San Emigdio Mesa Research Natural Area (STBE) 588 pending Sawmill Mountain Research Natural Area (STBE) 1,542 pending Secate Ridge Research Natural Area (STBE) 1,689 pending Sentinel Meadow Research Natural Area 866 1983 Shasta Mudflow Research Natural Area 1,437 1971 Shasta Red Fir Research Natural Area (Candidate) 508 pending Smokey Creek Research Natural Area (Candidate) 458 pending Snow Canyon Research Natural Area (STBE) 327 pending Soda Ridge Research Natural Area (STBE) 467 pending Soldier Research Natural Area (STBE) 276 pending South Fork Mountain Research Natural Area (Cand) 263 pending Specimen Creek Research Natural Area 846 pending Station Creek Research Natural Area 287 1991 Stuart Fork Research Natural Area (STBE) 397 pending Sugar Pine Point Research Natural Area 254 1992 Sugar Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 1,267 pending Timbered Crater Research Natural Area (STBE) 692 pending Twin Rocks Research Natural Area 166 pending Upper Goose Creek Research Natural Area (STBE) 162 pending Ventana Cones Research Natural Area (STBE) 1,044 pending Wagon Caves Research Natural Area (STBE) 261 pending Water Canyon Research Natural Area (STBE) 408 pending Whippoorwill Flat Research Natural Area 1,322 1991 White Mountain Research Natural Area 884 1953 William's Point Research Natural Area 59 pending Yurok Experiment Station Research Natural Area 77 1976 USFS Wilderness Areas 1,731,921
Agua Tibia Wilderness Area 6,195 1975 Ansel Adams Wilderness Area 94,973 1964 Bighorn Mountains Wilderness Area 4,783 1994 Bucks Lake Wilderness Area 8,737 1984 Caribou Wilderness Area 8,511 1964 Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Area 63,980 1984 Castle Crags Wilderness Area 4,053 1984 Chanchelulla Wilderness Area 3,324 1984 Chumash Wilderness Area 13,777 1992 Cucamonga Wilderness Area 5,172 1964 Desolation Wilderness Area 25,504 1969 Dick Smith Wilderness Area 28,005 1984 Dinkey Lakes Wilderness Area 12,280 1984 Dome Land Wilderness Area 35,197 1964 Emigrant Wilderness Area 45,587 1975 Garcia Wilderness Area 5,605 1992 Golden Trout Wilderness Area 121,416 1978 Granite Chief Wilderness Area 9,857 1984 Hauser Wilderness Area 2,859 1984 Hoover Wilderness Area 19,484 1984 Inyo Mountains Wilderness Area 27,944 1994 Ishi Wilderness Area 15,903 1984 Jennie Lakes Wilderness Area 4,257 1984 John Muir Wilderness Area 220,833 1964 Kaiser Wilderness Area 8,977 1976 Kiavah Wilderness Area 17,709 1994 Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area (USFS) 6,877 1984 Marble Mountain Wilderness Area 90,581 1964 Matilija Wilderness Area 11,569 1992 Mokelumne Wilderness Area 40,843 1964 Monarch Wilderness Area 17,862 1984 Mount Shasta Wilderness Area 13,561 1984 North Fork Wilderness Area 3,221 1984 Pine Creek Wilderness Area 5,312 1984 Red Buttes Wilderness Area 6,456 1984 Russian Peak Wilderness Area 4,219 1984 San Gabriel Wilderness Area 14,008 1968 San Gorgonio Wilderness Area 21,524 1964 San Jacinto Wilderness Area 13,404 1964 San Mateo Canyon Wilderness Area 15,585 1984 San Rafael Wilderness Area 77,108 1968 Santa Lucia Wilderness Area (USFS) 7,324 1978 Santa Rosa Wilderness Area 7,998 1984 Sespe Wilderness Area 67,083 1992 Sheep Mountain Wilderness Area 17,295 1984 Silver Peak Wilderness Area 5,832 1992 Siskiyou Wilderness Area 60,123 1984 Snow Mountain Wilderness Area 14,455 1984 South Sierra Wilderness Area 24,530 1984 South Warner Wilderness Area 23,789 1964 Thousand Lakes Wilderness Area 6,642 1964 Trinity Alps Wilderness Area 201,311 1984 Ventana Wilderness Area 78,981 1969 Yollo-Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Area 59,508 1964 USNPS National Parks, Monuments, and Wilderness Areas 2,943,082
Devils Postpile National Monument 326 1911 Lava Beds National Monument and Wilderness 18,899 1925/1972 Muir Woods National Monument 199 1908 Pinnacles National Monument and Wilderness 6,555 1908/1976 Death Valley National Park 1,343,591 1994 Joshua Tree National Park and Wilderness 297,339 1994/1976 Lassen Volcanic National Park and Wilderness 43,460 1916/1972 Redwood National Park 31,489 1968 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 348,473 1890 Yosemite National Park 301,951 1890 Mojave National Preserve 540,563 1994 Phillip Burton Wilderness in Point Reyes National Seashore 10,238 1976 State of California
State Fish & Game Ecological Reserves 20,032
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve 36 1977 Alkali Sink Ecological Reserve 377 1978 Allensworth Ecological Reserve 1,659 1980 Apricum Hill Ecological Reserve 15 1980 Bair Island Ecological Reserve 380 1974 Batiquitos Lagoon Ecological Reserve 61 1978 Blue Ridge Condor Ecological Reserve 764 1981 Bobelaine Ecological Reserve 166 1984 Bolsa Chica Creek Ecological Reserve 161 1973 Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve 215
Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve 80 1969 By day Creek Ecological Reserve 66 1983 Calhoun Cut Ecological Reserve 418
Carmel Bay Ecological Reserve 4 1977 Carrizo Canyon Ecological Reserve 404 1976 Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve 2,497
China Point Ecological Reserve 85 1985 Coachella Valley Ecological Reserve 263 1981 Coldwater Canyon Ecological Reserve 22 1974 Corral Hollow Ecological Reserve 40 1976 Corte Madera Marsh Ecological Reserve 88 1976 Del Mar Landing Ecological Reserve 1 1983 Elkhorn Plains Ecological Reserve 69 1983 Elkhorn Slough Ecological Reserve 532 1980 Fagan Slough Ecological Reserve 100 1979 Fish Slough Ecological Reserve 74 1973 Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve 845 1988 Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve 150 1981 Harrison Grade Ecological Reserve 11
Hidden Palms Ecological Reserve 63 1973 Kaweah River Brodiaea Ecological Reserve 39 1985 Kerman Ecological Reserve 727
Laguna de Santa Rosa Ecological Reserve 86
Lake Mathews Ecological Reserve 2,572 1982 Limestone Salamander Ecological Reserve 48 1974 Little Butte Ecological Reserve 164 1976 Little Red Mountain Ecological Reserve 1,227 1988 Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve 514 1974 Mattole River Ecological Reserve 326 1989 Morro Dunes Ecological Reserve 18 1978 Morro Rock Ecological Reserve 17 1973 Napa River Ecological Reserve 27 1976 Panoche Hills Ecological Reserve 236
Peytonia Slough Ecological Reserve 231 1976 Phoenix Field Ecological Reserve 2 1980 Pine Hill Ecological Reserve 101 1979 Pismo Lake Ecological Reserve 26 1977 Point Lobos Ecological Reserve 4 1973 San Diego/La Jolla Ecological Reserve 35 1971 San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve 344 1977 San Joaquin River Ecological Reserve 204
Springville Clarkia Ecological Reserve 1 1988 Table Bluff Ecological Reserve 59 1986 Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve 133 1973 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve 203 1975 West Mojave Desert Ecological Reserve 2,903 1988 Woodbridge Ecological Reserve 138 1985 State Reserves 8,045
Ano Nuevo State Reserve 1,612 1958 Antelope Valley California Poppy State Reserve 3,652 1977 Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve 293 1934 Azalea State Reserve 11 1943 Jug Handle State Reserve 351 1976 Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve 201 1934 Los Osos Oaks State Reserve 33 1972 Mailliard Redwoods State Reserve 99 1954 Montgomery Woods State Reserve 571 1947 Point Lobos State Reserve 203 1933 Smithe Redwoods State Reserve 197 1963 Torrey Pines State Reserve 446 1952 Tule Elk State Reserve 376 1931 State Wilderness Areas 176,689
Anza-Borrego Desert State Wilderness 152,898
Boney Mountain State Wilderness 2,225
Cuyamaca Mountain State Wilderness 4,816
Henry W. Coe State Wilderness 9,270
Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness 5,211
West Waddell Creek State Wilderness 2,269
University of California Natural Reserves 11,148
Bodega Marine Reserve 140 1962 Box Springs Reserve 58 1965 Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 2,511 1959 Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve 94 1977 Coal Oil Point Reserve 52 1970 Emerson Oaks 103 1991 Granite Mountains Reserve 3,749 1978 Hastings Natural History Reservation 649 1965 James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve 11 1966 Motte Rimrock Reserve 465 1975 Quail Ridge Reserve 708 1991 Sacramento Mountains Reserve 179 1973 San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve 58 1970 Santa Monica Mountains Reserve 208
Sedgwick Ranch Reserve 2,164 1996 Privately-owned Managed Areas
Audubon Sanctuaries 2,623
Audubon Canyon Ranch Sanctuary 449
McVicar Audubon Sanctuary 101
Paul L. Wattis Audubon Sanctuary 204
Silverwood Audubon Sanctuary 287
Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary 1,583 1973 Nature Conservancy (TNC) Preserves 42,603
Amargosa River Preserve 526
Baldwin Lake Preserve 18
Big Morongo Preserve 90 1968 Boggs Lake Preserve 78 1972 Carrizo Plain Preserve 3,048
Coachella Valley Preserve 4,888 1984 Cosumnes River Preserve 864 1987 Creighton Ranch Preserve 1,322 1980 Dorland Preserve 111
Elkhorn Slough Preserve 390 1971 Ewing Oak Preserve 15
Fairfield-Osborn Preserve 77 1972 Gray Davis-Dye Creek Preserve 15,422
Hamilton Preserve 21
Hibberd Preserve 600
Jepson Prairie Preserve 627 1980 Kaweah Oaks Preserve 129 1983 Kern River Preserve 337
Landels-Hill Big Creek Preserve 18 1977 Lanphere-Christensen Dunes Preserve 190 1974 Lokern Preserve 826
Mary Elizabeth Miller Preserve 152 1992 Mattole River Preserve 133
McCloud River Preserve 684 1973 McGinty Mountain Preserve 304
Nipomo Dunes Preserve 1,574
Northern California Coast Range Preserve 2,839 1959 Pygmy Forest Preserve 36
Ring Mountain Preserve 177 1985 Russian River Preserve 73
Sacramento River Oxbox Preserve 65
Sand Ridge Preserve 115
Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve 2,088 1984 Semitropic Ridge Preserve 1162
Sloane Ranch Preserve 211
Stoney Creek Preserve 124
Table Mountain Preserve 2,267 1992 Vina Plains Preserve 831
Williams Wildlife Preserve 15
Unidentified Preserve (TNC) 152
Other 2,424
Pepperwood Ranch Natural Preserve (Cal. Academy of Sciences) 1,257 1979 Jasper Ridge Biological Preseve (Stanford) 473 1973 Unidentified parcels 694
TOTAL STATUS 1 6,238,685
STATUS 2 MANAGED AREAS
Managed Area Type and Name Mapped Area (ha) Year of Establishment Federal
BLM Proposed Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas 63,299
Avawatz Mountains Wilderness-Proposed 23,759 pending Cady Mountains Wilderness Area--Proposed 2,135 pending Great Falls Basin Wilderness Area--Proposed 3,315 pending Soda Mountains Wilderness Area--Proposed 22,979 pending South Avawatz Mountains Wilderness Area--Proposed 10,623 pending White Mountain Wilderness Study Area 488 pending BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and other designations 369,498
Afton Canyon ACEC 1,983 1980 Alligator Rock ACEC 2,709 1984 Ash Valley ACEC 614 1984 Beauty Mountain ACEC 2,584
Bedrock Spring ACEC 192 1980 Big Morongo Canyon ACEC 1,577 1980 Black Mountain ACEC 13,661 1980 Blue Ridge ACEC 1,299 1984 Bodie Bowl ACEC 2,427 1993 Cache Creek River Corridor ACEC 3,556
Calico Early Man Site ACEC 364 1980 Carrizo Plain ACEC 61,011
Cedar Creek ACEC 400
Christmas Canyon ACEC 3,153 1980 Chuckwalla Bench ACEC 25,417 1980 Clear Creek Serpentine Area ACEC 12,421 1984 Coachella Valley Preserve (BLM lands) 261
Conway Summit ACEC 724 1993 Corn Spring ACEC 1,072 1980 Coyote Mountains 62 ACEC 41
Crater Mountain ACEC 2,325 1993 Cronese Basin ACEC 3,611 1980 Dead Mountains ACEC 1,259 1980 Desert Tortoise Natural Area ACEC 5,949 1980 Dune Thicket ACEC 476
Southern East Mesa Horned Lizard ACEC 16,677 1980 El Dorado Manzanita ACEC 42 1984 Eriophyllum Preserve ACEC 135
Fish Slough ACEC 13,986 1982 Fossil Falls ACEC 664 1980 Harper Dry Lake ACEC 713 1980 Indian Pass ACEC 793 1980 Indian Valley Brodiaea ACEC 17 1984 In-ko-pah Mountains ACEC 2,878 1981 Ione Manzanita ACEC 34 1984 Ione Soils ACEC 48 1984 Jawbone Butterbredt ACEC 52,908 1980 Johnson ACEC 1,643
Juniper Flats ACEC 1,054 1980 Kuchumaa 1 ACEC 181
Kuchumaa 2 ACEC 246
Lake Cahuilla 2 ACEC 5,157 1980 Last Chance Canyon ACEC 2,119 1980 Limestone Salamander ACEC 641 1984 Manila Dunes ACEC 78 1992 Merced River ACEC 106 1984 Mesquite Hills ACEC 473 1980 Mojave Fishhook Cactus ACEC 244
Moreno Paleontological Area ACEC 3,365 1984 Northern California Chaparral ACEC 17 1984 Palen Drylake ACEC 1,460
Panoche-Coalinga ACEC 13,031 1984 Pilot Knob ACEC 914
Pisgah Lava Flow ACEC 5,547
Plank Road ACEC 120
Potrero ACEC 5,238
Quail Ridge Reserve (BLM lands) 172
Red Hills ACEC 2,917 1984 Red Mountain ACEC 2,770 1984 Rodman Mountains ACEC 2,168
Salt Creek Pupfish/Rail ACEC 7,174 1980 Sand Canyon ACEC 1,269 1980 San Sebastian Marsh/San Felipe Creek ACEC 2,459 1980 Santa Margarita ACEC 507
Santa Ana Wash ACEC 301
Slinkard Valley ACEC 4,259 1993 Soggy Dry Lake ACEC 82 1980 Squaw Spring ACEC 334 1980 Steam Well ACEC 18 1980 Table Mountain ACEC 1,643 1981 Travertine Hot Springs ACEC 60 1983 Trona Pinnacles ACEC 1,836 1980 Upper Johnson Valley ACEC 105 1980 Western Rand Mountains ACEC 12,245 1980 West Mesa ACEC 6,801 1988 West Mojave Saltbush Research ACEC 3,382
Yuha Basin ACEC 17,183 1980 King Range National Conservation Area 22,449
Stone Ranch BLM Conservation Easement 703
Big Table Mountain BLM Conservation Easement 738
USFS Experimental Forests 9,710
Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest 4,104
Challenge Experimental Forest 1,372
Onion Creek Experimental Forest 458
Swain Mountain Experimental Forest 2,476
Teakettle Experimental Forest 1,300
USFS Management Areas and Special Interest Areas 69,918
Eagle Lake Osprey Management Area (Lassen NF) 629
Kings River Special Management Area 20,093
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Special Interest Area 11,696
Black Mountain Special Interest Area 2,404
Bodfish Paiute Cypress Special Interest Area 237
Butterfly Valley Special Interest Area 192
Carpenteria Special Interest Area 180
Cuesta Ridge Special Interest Area 447
Feather Falls Special Interest Area 3,643
Glass Mountain Glass Flow Special Interest Area 1,738
Guatay Mountain Special Interest Area 694
Kings River Special Interest Area 178
Little Last Chance Canyon Special Interest Area 546
McKinley Grove Special Interest Area 183
Medicine Lake Glass Flow Special Interest Area 194
Burnt Lava Flow Special Interest Area 3,467
Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area 22,806
Neider Grove Special Interest Area 591
USFS Wild & Scenic Rivers 15,976
Eel Wild and Scenic River 2,019 1980 Feather-Middle Fork Wild and Scenic River 7,447 1968 Kern Wild and Scenic River 2,025 1987 Merced Wild and Scenic River 1,692 1987 Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River 2,793 1984 USFWS National Wildlife Refuges and Other Designations 110,062
Imperial Refuge Wilderness 3,153 1994 Freitas Wildlife Property 2,059
Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge 29 1980 Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge 5,939 1986 Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge 457 1983 Cibola National Wildlife Refuge 1,209
Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge 12,678
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge 1,674
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge 2,291
Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge 47
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge 2,870
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge 770 1974 Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge 37
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge 1,305
Kern National Wildlife Refuge 4,269 1960 Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge 2,365 1969 Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge 13,391
Merced National Wildlife Refuge 1,049 1951 Modoc National Wildlife Refuge 2,341
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge 1,656 1959 Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge 4,451 1937 Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge 148
Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge 686 1930 San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge 7,758
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge 4,204
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge 3,037 1966 San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge 395
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge 386 1972 Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge 6,896 1992 Sutter National Wildlife Refuge 1,118
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge 14,156
Willow Creek-Lurline National Wildlife Refuge 7,239
NOAA Estuarine Research Reserves 414
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve 414 1982 USNPS National Recreation Areas and Seashores 70,507
Golden Gate National Recreation Area 10,702 1972 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area 7,226 1978 Whiskeytown Unit of Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA 41,451 1965 Point Reyes National Seashore (excluding Phillip Burton Wilderness) 11,128 1962 State of California
State Fish & Game Wildlife Areas 133,550
Antelope Valley Wildlife Area 1,781 1980 Ash Creek Wildlife Area 5,282 1986 Bass Hill Wildlife Area 1,312 1977 Battle Creek Wildlife Area 115 1978 Big Lagoon Wildlife Area 627 1985 Big Sandy Wildlife Area 256 1975 Biscar Wildlife Area 226 1943 Butte Valley Wildlife Area 5,353 1981 Cache Creek Wildlife Area 960
Camp Cady Wildlife Area 579 1979 Cinder Flats Wildlife Area 309 1977 Clifton Court Forebay Wildlife Area 1,066
Colusa Bypass Wildlife Area 542
Coon Hollow Wildlife Area 212 1980 Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area 2,464 1979 Crescent City Marsh Wildlife Area 156 1979 Crocker Meadows Wildlife Area 730
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area 967
Doyle Wildlife Area 5,734 1948 Eel River Wildlife Area 639 1954 Fay Canyon Deer Range Wildlife Area 160 1977 Feather River Wildlife Area 984
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area 3,424 1931 Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 4,920 1932 Heenan Lake Wildlife Area 524 1982 Hill Slough Wildlife Area 628 1950 Honey Lake Wildlife Area 2,963 1942 Hope Valley Wildlife Area 1,199
Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area 2,091 1977 Imperial Wildlife Area 3,251 1931 Indian Valley Wildlife Area 1,467 1989 Kelso Peak-Old Dad Mountains Wildlife Area 1,855 1989 Lake Earl Wildlife Area 1,154 1979 Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area 327 1976 Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area 1,360 1944 Mad River Slough Wildlife Area 202
Marble Mountains Wildlife Area 4,893
Mendota Wildlife Area 4,899 1955 Moss Landing Wildlife Area 230 1982 Mouth of Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area 258 1981 Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area 2,878 1979 North Grassland Wildlife Area 4,940
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area 317 1976 Oroville Wildlife Area 4,356 1968 Petaluma Marsh Wildlife Area 1,489 1978 Point Edith Wildlife Area 304 1981 Putah Creek Wildlife Area 260 1978 Red Lake Wildlife Area 315
San Jacinto Wildlife Area 2,545 1980 San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area 421 1976 San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area 261 1976 Santa Rosa Wildlife Area 9,920 1975 Shasta Valley Wildlife Area 1,903
Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area 2,658
Slinkard-Little Antelope Wildlife Area 4,706 1978 Smithneck Creek Wildlife Area 607 1987 South Fork Wildlife Area 535
Spenceville Wildlife Area 3,862 1963 Surprise Valley Wildlife Area 188 1978 Tehama Wildlife Area 18,276 1942 Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area 3,748
Volta Wildlife Area 1,173 1958 Warner Valley Wildlife Area 277
White Slough Wildlife Area 434 1980 Willow Creek Wildlife Area 1,075
State Fish & Game Undesignated Lands 19,555
Chowchilla Canal Bypass (undesignated) 233 1977 Dos Amigos (undesignated) 46 1979 Hailwood (undesignated) 5 1977 Pilibos (undesignated) 47 1978 Big Table Mountain Property 397
Butte Creek Riparian Habitat (undesignated) 574 1986 Coal Canyon (undesignated) 395
Cosumnes River Property 459 1980 Deep Springs Lake (undesignated) 288 1979 Duck Creek (undesignated) 1,244 1978 DWR Mitigation-LA Property (undesignated) 315 1983 East Mojave (undesignated) 1,794
Hidden Valley (undesignated) 561 1974 Indian Joe Spring (undesignated) 295
Joshua Creek Canyon (undesignated) 305
Mojave River (undesignated) 319
North Table Mtn 1,373
Old Woman Mountains-Bighorn Sheep Area (undesignd) 500 1977 Pickel Meadows (undesignated) 377
Poison Flat (undesignated) 293
River Springs Lake (undesignated) 259 1986 Rubicon River Wild Trout Habitat (undesignated) 438 1980 Salt Spring Valley (undesignated) 3,101 1981 San Felipe 775
Santa Rosa Plateau (undesignated) 766
Schools Lands-Napa Co. (undesignated) 1,370 1982 Sheep Ranch 699
Swiss Ranch Road (undesignated) 362 1985 Tracy Hills (undesignated) 469
Walker River 311
Yolo Bypass Property 1,183
State Parks 223,113
Leo Carrillo State Beach 884 1953 Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park 2,399 1983 Andrew Molera State Park 840 1968 Angel Island State Park 309 1955 Annadel State Park 1,978 1971 Anza-Borrego State Park 74,871 1933 Big Basin Redwoods State Park 4,342 1902 Border Field State Park 283 1972 Bothe-Napa State Park 688 1960 Burton Creek State Park 789 1978 Butano State Park 886 1956 Calaveras Big Trees State Park 2,450 1931 Calabasas Peak State Park (SMMNRA) 16
Castle Crags State Park 1,539 1934 Castle Rock State Park 1,293 1968 Caswell Memorial State Park 134 1952 China Camp State Park 314 1978 Chino Hills State Park 3,835 1983 Clear Lake State Park 237 1949 Crystal Cove State Park 1,289 1983 Cuyamaca Rancho State Park 5,105 1933 Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park 2,644 1925 Donner Memorial State Park 155 1928 Emerald Bay State Park 646 1953 The Forest of the Nisene Marks State Park 4,070 1963 Fremont Peak State Park 63 1935 Fryman Canyon State Park (SMMNRA) 26
Garrapata State Park 1,345 1981 Gaviota State Park 1,133 1953 Great Valley Grasslands State Park 1,093
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park 96 1943 Grover Hot Springs State Park 182 1959 Hendy Woods State Park 351 1958 Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 1,674 1954 Henry W. Coe State Park 18,087 1959 Humboldt Lagoons State Park 988 1931 Humboldt Redwoods State Park 21,953 1921 Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park 3,979 1929 Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 780 1961 Knowland State Arboretum and Park 192
MacKerricher State Park 701 1949 Malibu Creek State Park 3,104 1974 McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park 342 1920 Mendocino Headlands State Park 138 1972 Montana De Oro State Park 2,948 1965 Morro Bay State Park 812 1934 Mount Diablo State Park 7,833 1931 Mount San Jacinto State Park 301 1930 Mount Tamalpais State Park 2,572 1928 Palomar Mountain State Park 746 1932 Patrick's Point State Park 305 1930 Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 310 1933 Placerita Canyon State Park 145 1949 Plumas-Eureka State Park 1,885 1959 Point Mugu State Park 3,386 1966 Portola State Park 767 1945 Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 5,346 1923 Red Rock Canyon State Park 8,627 1969 Richardson Grove State Park 577 1922 Robert Louis Stevenson State Park 1,569 1949 Red Rock Canyon State Park (SMMNRA) 57
Russian Gulch State Park 477 1933 Saddleback Butte State Park 1,132 1957 Salt Point State Park 1,753 1968 Samuel P. Taylor State Park 1,089 1946 Sinkyone Wilderness State Park 2,924 1975 Solstice Canyon State Park (SMMNRA) 222
Stunt Ranch State Park (SMMNRA) 172
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park 1,133 1964 Sugar Pine Point State Park 730 1965 Temescal Gateway State Park (SMMNRA) 17
Tomales Bay State Park 825 1950 Topanga State Park 3,472
Van Damme State Park 826 1930 Wilacre Park State Park (SMMNRA) 56
Wilder Ranch State Park 1,879 1974 State Water Control Board Easement 60
Baldwin Lake Easement 60
Regional Open Space Districts, Wilderness Parks, and Municipal Water Districts 52,837
Coal Creek Regional Open Space (MROSD) 245
El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space (MROSD) 1,117
El Sereno Regional Open Space (MROSD) 387
Foothills Regional Open Space (MROSD) 74
Fremont Older Regional Open Space (MROSD) 310
La Honda Creek Regional Open Space (MROSD) 839
Leona Regional Open Space (East Bay RPD) 117 1978 Long Ridge Regional Open Space (MROSD) 409
Los Trancos Regional Open Space (MROSD) 133
Monte Bello Regional Open Space (MROSD) 1,222
Picchetti Ranch Regional Open Space (MROSD) 118
City of Pinole Open Space 104
Pulgas Ridge Regional Open Space (MROSD) 118
Purisima Creek Redwoods Regional Open Space (MROSD) 1,024
Rancho San Antonio Regional Open Space (MROSD) 699
Ravenswood Regional Open Space (MROSD) 117
Russian Ridge Open Space (MROSD) 632
Saratoga Gap Regional Open Space (MROSD) 231
Sierra Azul Regional Open Space (MROSD) 1,169
Skyline Ridge Regional Open Space (MROSD) 476
St. Josephs Regional Open Space (MROSD) 78
Teague Hill Regional Open Space (MROSD) 284
Walnut Creek Open Space 78
Windy Hill Regional Open Space (MROSD) 442
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness (EBRPD) 1,351 1966 Ohlone Regional Wilderness (EBRPD) 3,058 1976 Sunol Regional Wilderness (EBRPD) 2,432 1962 Contra Costa Water District 5,246
East Bay Municipal Utility District 10,224
Marin Municipal Water District 7,857
San Francisco Water District 12,249
Private Land Trusts and Easements and other 11,035
Ano Nuevo State Reserve (Conservancy lands) 294
Big Sur Land Trust 2,148
Castle Glen Easement (TNC) 62
Cold Creek Preserve (SMMNRA) 213
Flying M Ranch Easement (TNC) 985
Gaviota Nature Preserve (Land Trust of SB County) 386
Great Oak Nature Preserve (Land Trust SB County) 518
Guatay Mountain Easement (TNC) 186
Hope Nature Preserve 140
Inks Creek Ranch Easement (TNC) 14
Manilla Beach Easement (TNC) 38
Rosenburg Trust (Lassen Land Trust Easement) 259
Sonoma Mountain Ranch Easement (TNC) 248
Struve Pond Easement (TNC) 13
Unnamed Conservancy Lands in Santa Monica Mts NRA 1,055
Unidentified parcels 4,476
TOTAL STATUS 2 1,149,970
TOTAL STATUS 1 AND 2 7,388,655
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