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Fish, Wildlife & Native Plant Events in Our Area

Community Calendar Events

We are not the sponsors of most of these events. See the links for more information. We make every effort to list the correct dates for these events, however we urge you to double check with the event producers.
January

Snow Goose Festival, Chico area, January 28-31, 2010
Gaggle of Gatherings, Yolo Basin Foundation
Ongoing Series
Winter Bird Festival, hosted by City of Galt. Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, January 30, 2010
February

San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Mare Island, Vallejo, February 5-7, 2010
March

Whale watching along the coast.

Good places include Point Reyes and Monterey
April

Creek Week, Sacramento
Earth Day, April 22, 2010

Heron Festival & Wildflower Brunch, Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, April 24-25, 2010

Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival, Kernville, Kern Valley, May 1-2, 2010
May
Migratory Bird Day Festivals

Stone lakes NWR Walk on the Wildside, Elk Grove, May 15th, 2010

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Check schedule)

Endangered Species Faire, Bidwell Park, Chico

National Wildflower Week, May 2-9, 2010

Sacramento River Watershed Celebration, Red Bluff

CNPS Native Plant Sales - See CA Native Plant Society local chapter websites for dates. Most chapters have sales around May and October.
June

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua, Lee Vining

July

State of California Free Fishing Day, July 4, 2010
August

California State Fair, Sacramento, July 14 - August 1, 2010
Visit our Discovery Island. Educational displays and fun things for kids to do.
September

State of California Free Fishing Day, September 6, 2010

Feather River Salmon Festival, Feather River Hatchery, Oroville

Kern River Valley Autumn Nature & Turkey Vulture Festival, Kern River Preserve, Welton, September 25, 2010
October

Kokanee Salmon Festival, Lake Tahoe, Contact the Taylor Creek Visitor Center (530) 573-2611

CNPS Native Plant Sales - See CA Native Plant Society local chapter websites for dates. Most chapters have sales around May and October.

The American River Salmon Festival was been suspended for 2009, except for the Friday school days. Check this space to see if it is happening in 2010.

National Wildlife Refuge System Refuge Week, October 11-17 (See local refuge system activities in sidebar.)

Return of the Salmon Festival, Coleman National Fish Hatchery, Anderson
November

Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival, November November 5-7, 2010

California Department of Fish & Game sandhill crane tours

Central Valley Birding Symposium, Stockton
December

Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Contact our External Affairs Program at (916) 414-6600 to suggest an event for our calendar.
Discovery Island, State Fair

Discovery Island

California State Fair
July 14-August 1, 2010

Educational displays, fun things for kids to do, shade and a place to sit and relax.

National Wildlife Refuge icon links to refuge web page Refuge Activity Pages

Don Edwards SF Bay NWR

Sacramento NWR Complex

Stone Lakes NWR


For events throughout California, see the California Watchable Wildlife Committee's California Wildlife Festival Calendar.

The Service is a member of the committee. However, this is not a government web page.

Places to See Rare Species

Links and other information are available in Places Where Kids Can See Rare Species.

We have made a Google Earth KML file of places to see rare species in Northern California. Open the file in Google Earth or other default program. More about KML Files (pop-up)

Last updated: January 12, 2010

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