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Ash Creek Wildlife Area - Lassen/Modoc County
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Location: Lassen and Modoc Counties - Highway 299, 4 miles northeast of Bieber.
Phone Number: (530) 294-5824
Map: Directional Map (PDF)
Description: 14,754 acres located in the heart of Big Valley. The 3,000 acres of natural wetlands are created by the seasonal flow of six streams. Ash Creek is one of the most remote, least improved, and most pristine of all of DFG's wildlife areas. Pronghorn, sandhill cranes and bald eagles are among the many animals found here.
Special Restrictions: No person shall enter or leave the wildlife area except at designated entry points. Pronghorn antelope may be taken during junior hunts only.
Access: From Highway 299 at the town of Bieber take Bieber Lookout Road north; from Highway 299 at the town of Adin take Lookout Road west.
Description: Ash Creek is one of the most remote, least improved, and most pristine of all of Fish and Game's Wildlife Areas. Located in the heart of Big Valley, these 14,577 acres preserve freshwater wetlands created by the seasonal flow of six streams, including Ash Creek. Other natural communities include vernal pools and upland sagebrush.
Recreational Use: Type B Wildlife Area
- Camping, birdwatching, fishing, and wildlife viewing are permitted. Among the mammals seen here are Pronghorn antelope, beaver, and bobcat. Bird species include numerouse waterfowl species, sandhill cranes, falcons, sage grouse, short-eared owls, and bald eagles. See attached birding checklist for additional bird species seen at Ash Creek.
Hunting: Permitted for waterfowl, coots, moorhens, doves, snipe, and pheasants during open seasons
Facilities: Restrooms, camping, informational kiosk
PLEASE NOTE: Area regulations are subject to change. Special restrictions on recreational uses, hunt days and methods of take are listed in the current year's issue of Hunting and Other Public Uses on State and Federal Areas, available at DFG offices and places where licenses are sold.
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