SACRAMENTO, California--A draft Environmental Assessment/Comprehensive Conservation Plan to guide the future management of the Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge in Monterey County is available for public review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. The comment period will extend until November 23, 2001.
The plan describes four alternatives for managing the refuge over the next 15 years to conserve native plants and wildlife. The Salinas River Refuge encompasses 366 acres located 11 miles north of Monterey where the Salinas River empties into Monterey Bay. Refuge lands include a range of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including coastal dunes and beach, grasslands, wetlands and riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian scrub. Because of its location within the Pacific Flyway, the refuge is used by a variety of migratory birds during breeding, wintering and migration periods. It also provides habitat for several threatened and endangered animals and plants, including western snowy plover, California brown pelican, Smith
