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Blue Heron Trails
Sacramento's newest nature area, open daily. Come learn something new about your wild neighbors...
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Get Your Paddle On...
Summer wildlife paddle tours are under way...
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Refuge Gallery
Browse some great photos to see what life is like on the refuge...
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In the Spotlight
A nationwide Citizen Science project monitoring plants, lend a hand by becoming a BudBurst buddy today while enjoying Blue Heron Trails!
Project BudBurstAbout the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.
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Refuge Updates
Prescribed burns are only one of many techniques used to manage a healthy wildlife refuge. Checkout what else is going on to make Stone Lakes NWR a migratory bird destination...
Resource Management
Several health advisories are in effect for the human consumption of fish from the Delta due to mercury or other toxic chemicals. Play it safe and learn the eating guidelines...
Fish Advisories
Sacramento region's newest nature area, open daily.
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Page Photo Credits — All photos courtesy of USFWS unless otherwise noted., Sandhill cranes wading in a wetland / Photo: Paul Boyte
Last Updated: May 21, 2013