- List of protected areas within California
The following is a list of protected territories within the State of
California .National park system
The U.S.
National Park System controls a large and diverse group of California parks. The best known is theHalf Dome inYosemite National Park , that figures prominently on the reverse side of the .tate parks
The
California Department of Parks and Recreation maintains over 270 protected areas, which include almost one-third of California's scenic coastline, including coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. Thestate park s system covers 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline, 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage, nearly 18,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails. [ cite web|url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=940 |title=A State Park System is Born |accessdate=2007-10-07 |publisher=California State Parks ]National Marine Sanctuaries
California borders several U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries:
*Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
*Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
*Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
*Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary California Protected Areas
The
California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), through its seven regional divisions [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regions/ | title= DFG Regions | work = California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] , manages more than 700protected area s statewide. [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/factsheet.html | title= Lands Inventory Fact Sheet | work = California DFG website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] They are broadly categorized as:
* 110 wildlife areas [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/index.html | title=Wildlife Areas | work = California DFG website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] , designed to give the public easier access to wildlife while preserving habitats.
* 123 ecological reserves [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/er/index.html | title= Ecological Reserves | work = California DFG website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] , which protect rare terrestrial species and habitats.
* 11 marine reserves, which do the same for sea-dwelling species and habitats.National Landscape Conservation System
National Landscape Conservation System sites in California include:
National monuments
* California Coastal
* Carrizo Plain
* Santa Rosa and San Jacinto MountainsNational conservation areas
* California Desert
* King RangeWilderness areas
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Agua Tibia Wilderness
*Ansel Adams Wilderness
*Argus Range Wilderness
*Big Maria Mountains Wilderness
*Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
*Bighorn Mountain Wilderness
*Black Mountain Wilderness
*Bright Star Wilderness
*Bristol Mountains Wilderness
*Bucks Lake Wilderness
*Cache Creek Wilderness
*Cadiz Dunes Wilderness
*Caribou Wilderness
*Carrizo Gorge Wilderness
*Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
*Castle Crags Wilderness
*Cedar Roughs Wilderness
*Chanchelulla Wilderness
*Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness
*Chimney Peak Wilderness
*Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness
*Chumash Wilderness
*Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness
*Clipper Mountain Wilderness
*Coso Range Wilderness
*Coyote Mountains Wilderness
*Cucamonga Wilderness
*Darwin Falls Wilderness
*Dead Mountains Wilderness
*Death Valley Wilderness
*Desolation Wilderness
*Dick Smith Wilderness
*Dinkey Lakes Wilderness
*Domeland Wilderness
*El Paso Mountains Wilderness
*Emigrant Wilderness
*Farallon Wilderness
*Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness
*Funeral Mountains Wilderness
*Garcia Wilderness
*Golden Trout Wilderness
*Golden Valley Wilderness
*Granite Chief Wilderness
*Grass Valley Wilderness
*Hauser Wilderness
*Havasu Wilderness
*Hollow Hills Wilderness
*Hoover Wilderness
*Ibex Wilderness
*Imperial Refuge Wilderness
*Indian Pass Wilderness
*Inyo Mountains Wilderness
*Ishi Wilderness
*Jacumba Wilderness
*Jennie Lakes Wilderness
*John Muir Wilderness
*Joshua Tree Wilderness
*Kaiser Wilderness
*Kelso Dunes Wilderness
*Kiavah Wilderness
*King Range Wilderness
*Kingston Range Wilderness
*Lassen Volcanic Wilderness
*Lava Beds Wilderness
*Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness
*Little Picacho Wilderness
*Machesna Mountain Wilderness
*Malpais Mesa Wilderness
*Manly Peak Wilderness
*Marble Mountain Wilderness
*Matilija Wilderness
*Mecca Hills Wilderness
*Mesquite Wilderness
*Mojave Wilderness
*Mokelumne Wilderness
*Monarch Wilderness
*Mount Lassic Wilderness
*Mt. Shasta Wilderness
*Newberry Mountains Wilderness
*Nopah Range Wilderness
*North Algodones Dunes Wilderness
*North Fork Wilderness
*North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness
*Old Woman Mountains Wilderness
*Orocopia Mountains Wilderness
*Otay Mountain Wilderness
*Owens Peak Wilderness
*Pahrump Valley Wilderness
*Palen/McCoy Wilderness
*Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness
*Phillip Burton Wilderness
*Picacho Peak Wilderness
*Pine Creek Wilderness
* Pinnacles Wilderness
*Piper Mountain Wilderness
*Piute Mountains Wilderness
*Red Buttes Wilderness
*Resting Spring Range Wilderness
*Rice Valley Wilderness
*Riverside Mountains Wilderness
*Rocks and Islands Wilderness
*Rodman Mountains Wilderness
*Russian Wilderness
*Sacatar Trail Wilderness
*Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness
*San Gabriel Wilderness
*San Gorgonio Wilderness
*San Jacinto Wilderness
*San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
*San Rafael Wilderness
*Sanhedrin Wilderness
*Santa Lucia Wilderness
*Santa Rosa Wilderness
*Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness
*Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
*Sespe Wilderness
*Sheep Mountain Wilderness
*Sheephole Valley Wilderness
*Silver Peak Wilderness
*Siskiyou Wilderness
*Snow Mountain Wilderness
*South Fork Eel River Wilderness
*South Nopah Range Wilderness
*South Sierra Wilderness
*South Warner Wilderness
*Stateline Wilderness
*Stepladder Mountains Wilderness
*Surprise Canyon Wilderness
*Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
*Thousand Lakes Wilderness
*Trilobite Wilderness
*Trinity Alps Wilderness
*Turtle Mountains Wilderness
*Ventana Wilderness
*Whipple Mountains Wilderness
*Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness
*Yosemite Wilderness
*Yuki Wilderness National Forests
California contains all or portions of several U.S. National Forests:
*Angeles National Forest
*Cleveland National Forest
*Eldorado National Forest
*Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
*Inyo National Forest
*Klamath National Forest
*Lassen National Forest
*Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
*Los Padres National Forest
*Mendocino National Forest
*Modoc National Forest
*Plumas National Forest
*San Bernardino National Forest
*Sequoia National Forest
*Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*Sierra National Forest
*Six Rivers National Forest
*Stanislaus National Forest
*Tahoe National Forest References
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