- What's the Weather Like?
- Are there Birds at the Refuge?
Check out the LIVE WEB-CAM at Sacramento NWR, brought to you by Friends of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Click on their link to find out how you can get involved! --> www.friendsofsnwr.org
VISITOR CENTER REMODEL
The Sacramento NWR Office and Visitor Center is currently CLOSED for a major remodeling effort. During the remodel, the Visitor Center, restrooms and kiosks are closed to the public. Portable restrooms are provided at the Visitor Center parking lot, and the restroom at the Viewing Platform will remain open. The parking lot, trails, and auto tour will remain open throughout construction. Visitors can still call the office (530-934-2801) with questions regarding visiting the Refuge. Construction is anticipated to be completed Fall 2023, and includes an expanded Visitor Center with new interpretive displays, a new environmental education classroom, updated offices and meeting spaces for refuge staff and partners.
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Visit Us
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is just one of the 5 National Wildlife Refuges and 3 Wildlife Management Areas that make up the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Sacramento NWR offers a wide variety of recreational activities for visitors. With a 6-mile driving tour, 2-mile walking trail, and programs like hunting and photography, there's something for everyone at the Sacramento NWR!
Find out more about Sacramento NWR by exploring the menu to the left (desktop) or hamburger menu top-right (handheld device), or see our Plan Your Visit page (link below) to find everything the Complex has to offer.
PLAN YOUR VISIT <-- Click here to find all the information you need to visit the Complex.....
• ACTIVITIES
• visitor center
• auto tours
• trails
• photography
• bicycling
• hunting
• environmental education
• HOURS
• FEES
• ACCESSIBILITY
• DIRECTIONS
• OTHER LOCAL INFORMATION
Refuge | Maps with | Trail Maps/ | Wildlife | Hunt |
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| PLAN YOUR VISIt to the complex (Complex includes all refuges, below) | (see specific refuges, below) | -TRAILS page -AUTO TOUR page -BICYLCING page -PHOTOGRAPHY page -EDUCATORS page -River NWR MAPS page | -Wildlife Checklist -Waterfowl Surveys | -HUNTING page -Riv NWR HUNTING page |
| Directions - Sac NWR | -Visitor Maps -Sac NWR -Wetlands Walk guide | -Wildlife Checklist -Waterfowl Surveys | Hunt Map - Sac NWR | |
| Directions - Del NWR | - | -Wildlife Checklist -Waterfowl Surveys | Hunt Map - Del NWR | |
| Directions - Cls NWR | Visitor Map - Cls NWR | -Wildlife Checklist -Waterfowl Surveys | Hunt Map - Cls NWR | |
| Directions - Sut NWR | Visitor Map - Sut NWR | -Wildlife Checklist -Waterfowl Surveys | Hunt Map - Sut NWR | |
| Riv NWR MAPS page | Riv NWR MAPS page | -Wildlife Checklist | Riv NWR MAPS page | |
| Directions - Llano Seco | Visitor Map - Llano Seco | -Wildlife Checklist -Waterfowl Surveys | - | |
| - | - | -Waterfowl Surveys | - | |
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Location and Contact Information
About Us
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is located about 70 miles north of the metropolitan area of Sacramento and 7 miles south of the town of Willows in Glenn and Colusa Counties. The refuge consists of 10,819 acres primarily of wetlands, with some grasslands and riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian habitats.
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What We Do
- Resource Management
To help plants and wildlife, Refuge staff uses a variety of habitat management techniques to maintain, recover or enhance plant and wildlife values. Refuge staff carefully consider any management techniques and employ them in varying degrees according to the situation.
- Conservation and Partnerships
The Complex is involved in many conservation endeavors, including Comprehensive Conservation Plans, Private Landowner Programs, and the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act.
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Our Organization
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997:The NWRS Improvement Act defines a unifying mission for all refuges, including a process for determining compatible uses on refuges, and requiring that each refuge be managed according to a CCP. The NWRS Improvement Act expressly states that wildlife conservation is the priority of System lands and that the Secretary shall ensure that the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of refuge lands are maintained. Each refuge must be managed to fulfill the specific purposes for which the refuge was established and the System mission. The first priority of each refuge is to conserve, manage, and if needed, restore fish and wildlife populations and habitats according to its purpose.
Our Species
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is best known for migratory waterfowl. Waterfowl are present September through April and numbers regularly peak at over 500,000 ducks and 250,000 geese. Sacramento NWR is an important wintering grounds for Tule Greater White-fronted Geese. The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex provides nearly 70,000 acres of wetland, grassland, and riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian habitats for a wide array of waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, waterbirds, songbirds, reptiles, and mammals. The Complex currently supports nearly 300 species of birds.
Species and Habitats <-- Click here to learn more about our species and habitats!
Wildlife Checklist <-- Click here to view our Wildlife Checklist