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Sacramento River Wildlife Area - Butte, Glenn, Colusa Counties

fishing boating hunting Wildlife Viewing Bow Hunting Allowed Hunting with Shotgun Waterfowl Hunting Quail Hunting Allowed Pheasant Hunting Turkey Hunting Allowed

Location: Tehama, Glenn, Butte, and Colusa counties; on the east and west sides of the Sacramento River.

Information: rifles, pistols prohibited

Access: Type C area
Walk-in access is severely limited due to surrounding private property. Most units are accessible by boat only. Large yellow unit signs have been posted and are visible to users from the river.

Phone Number: (916) 358-2900

Map: Directional Map (PDF)

Maps of Sacramento River Units (All maps are in PDF format)

*Special Access Restrictions*

Boat-in Only
Merrills' Landing Ord Bend Stegeman
Dicus Slough Jacinto Moulton North
Wilson Landing Oxbow Moulton South
Pine Creek North Beehive Bend Colusa North
Shannon Slough Princeton South Colusa South

Boat-in or Walk-in
Pine Creek West Princeton East
Pine Creek East Princeton Southeast
Princeton North Site 21

Description: 4,014 acres of riparian forest dominated by cottonwood, willow, ash, sycamore, box elder trees with dense understory of wild grape, pipevine, poison oak and grasslands, oxbow lakes, gravel bars.


Public Boat Launch Sites

Site Name River Mile Location and Access
Colusa State Park 145 One block east of Highway 20 in Colusa
Butte City Launch Facilities 169 Northeast corner of Butte City
Ord Bend Boat Ramp 184 County Road 32, where it crosses the river
Big Chico Creek Day Use Area 193.2 On River Road, south of Highway 32 and west of Chico
Pine Creek Day Use Area 196.5 On River Road in Chico, south of Highway 32
Gianella Landing 199 South of Highway 32 bridge, west of Hamilton City
Tehama County River Park/ Woodson Bridge 218 Located on South Avenue in Corning

Recreational Use

  • Fishing, bird watching, nature study, hunting and trapping are allowed.
  • Hunting is allowed for all legal species from the opening of deer season through January 31. Shotgun and archery only.
  • Use of dogs is limited to one per hunter.

Prohibited Use

  • Camping, fires, horses, OHVs, rifles, pistols, and target shooting are not allowed.

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 Fish and Game offices and places where licenses are sold.

Facilities: None

Additional Information: www.sacramentoriver.org

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