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2008 Viewing Site Nomination & Evaluation Project
Phase 1 of the California Wildlife Viewing Site Nomination and Evaluations project concluded on January 31, 2008 . Independent assessments of all newly nominated sites and existing sites with complete updates will be conducted starting in February, 2008, with final site selection to be completed by May, 2008.
New viewing site nominations and data updates for existing sites will continue to be accepted as part of an ongoing site review process. The Steeing Committee will evaluate submissions at their quarterly meetings. Viewing sites will either be 1) approved without on-site assessment or 2) scheduled for assessment. The next round of on-site assessments will start no earlier than the fall of 2008.
Please see below for a list of approved sites and sites scheduled for assessment by May 1, 2008. These sites will form the nucleaus of the 2008 California Watchable Wildlife Viewing Network, serving as the initial database for a newly redesigned website.
Phase 2, the redesign of the CAWatchableWildlife.org website to accommodate the searchable database, will begin in May, 2008, with completion due in September, 2008.
Sites Approved as of February 15, 2008:
| Managing Agency |
Site Name |
Site # |
Date Approved |
| BLM |
Eagle Lake |
8 |
2/15/2008 |
| BLM |
Mattole Recreation Area |
27 |
2/15/2008 |
| BLM |
Shelter Cove/Lost Coast Wilderness |
28 |
2/15/2008 |
| BLM |
Carrizo Plain National Monument |
72 |
2/15/2008 |
| BLM |
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve |
193 |
2/15/2008 |
| BLM |
Bizz Johnson Trail/Susan River |
7 |
2/15/2008 |
| CA DPR |
Anza Borrego State Park |
185 |
2/15/2008 |
| CA DPR |
Crystal Cove State Park |
173 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| CA DPR |
McArthur Burney Falls State Park |
13 |
2/15/2008 |
| CA DPR |
Mount Diablo State Park |
121 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| CA DPR |
Big Lake/Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park |
12 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| City & County of San Francisco |
PIER 39's K-Dock |
118 |
2/15/2008 |
| City of Palo Alto |
Palo Alto Baylands Presrve |
123 |
2/15/2008 |
| DFG |
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve |
136 |
2/15/2008 |
| DFG |
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area |
93 |
2/15/2008 |
| DFG |
Grizzly Island Complex |
107 |
2/15/2008 |
| DFG |
Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve |
172 |
2/15/2008 |
| DFG |
Cosumnes River Preserve |
86 |
2/15/2008 |
|
Nimbus Hatchery |
89 |
2/15/2008 |
| Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District |
Las Gallinas Wildife Ponds |
111 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation |
Monterey Bay Aquarium |
137 |
2/15/2008 |
| National Audubon Society |
Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary |
115 |
2/15/2008 |
| NPS |
Cabrillo National Monument |
180 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Channel Islands National Park |
154 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Death Valley National Park |
200 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
117 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Joshua Tree National Park |
192 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Lassen Volcanic National Park |
9 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Pinnacles National Monument |
141 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Point Reyes National Seashore |
112 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Redwood National Park |
20 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks |
64 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| NPS |
Yosemite National Park |
55 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| Sacramento County |
Effie Yeaw Nature Center/American River Parkway |
88 |
2/15/2008 |
| Solano County |
Lake Solano Park |
105 |
2/15/2008 |
| US Army Corps of Engineers |
Black Butte Lake |
97 |
2/15/2008 |
| US Army Corps of Engineers |
Lake Sonoma |
33 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest |
63 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Big Sur Coast/Ventana Wilderness |
142 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Chico Genetic Resource Center |
96 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Lake Davis |
41 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Lake Tahoe Visitor Center at Taylor Creek |
47 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Mount Pinos Observation Point |
152 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Pinecrest Lake |
54 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Rim of the World Scenic Byway Tour |
165 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFS |
Sand Pond |
42 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Coleman National Fish Hatchery |
101 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Farallon Islands National Wildife Refuge |
116 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge |
25 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Kern National Wildlife Refuge |
71 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges |
1 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge |
4 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Sacramento National Wildlife Area |
94 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge |
125 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge |
110 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge |
181 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Salton Sea |
188 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
| USFWS |
Tijuana Slough National Estuarine Research Preserve |
182 |
2/15/2008 PROVISIONAL |
For a printable list of the above sites, click here. For a list of sites scheduled for on-site assessment between February and April, 2008, click here.
To nominate a viewing site, please send an email with your complete contact information, and you will be assigned a user name and password for access to the online database.
Download Nomination/Update Instructions in PDF Format
Click Here to Launch the Nomination Form
THANK YOU!
CA Watchable Wildlife Steering Committee
Wildlife
Viewing Guide of California
Paperback:
192 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.47 x 9.13 x 6.12 Publisher:
Falcon Publishing Company; (October 1996) ISBN: 1560444940
NOTE: The California
Viewing Guide is out of print.
For a reference guide to the California Watchable Wildlife Viewing Sites listed in the 1996 Guide, click here.
Many of the sites are included in the Driving Itineraries on this site.
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