Department of Fish and Game
select articles from Outdoor California magazine

"California's Ecological Reserves"
by Kari Lewis © 2001
PDF Article (with photos)
HTML Article (text only)

"California's Lands Managed for the wildlife, Maintained for the Future"
by Kari Lewis © 2001
PDF Article (with photos)
HTML Article (text only)

"Special Protection for Special Places"
by Colleen Flannery © 2001
PDF Article (with photos)
HTML Article (text only)

"Putting the Fire Back into Habitat Recovery and Maintenance"
by Patrick Moore © 2001
PDF Article (with photos)
HTML Article (text only)

DFG Ecological Reserves

Click on a region on the map to view Ecological Reserves in that region.

Map of DFG Wildlife Regions
  1 - Northern Region
Serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties
  2 - North Central Region *
Serving Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties
  3 - Bay Delta Region *
Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties
  4 - Central Region
Serving Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties
  5 - South Coast Region
Serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
  6 - Inland Deserts Region
Serving Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino counties

Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6

Valuable tips for visiting an Ecological Reserve.

Search for species found on Lands Program properties.