Spenceville Wildlife Area
- Spenceville Wildlife Area
Infobox_protected_area | name = Spenceville Wildlife Area
iucn_category = IV
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nearest_city = Marysville, California
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 08
lat_seconds = 40
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 121
long_minutes = 19
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long_direction = W
area = convert|11448|acre|km2
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governing_body = California Department of Fish and GameThe Spenceville Wildlife Area is an convert|11448|acre|km2|sing=on wildlife preserve managed by the California Department of Fish and Game. It is approximately convert|18|mi|km east of the town of Marysville and Beale Air Force Base in central California. Spenceville is a foothill oak and grassland area notable for many species of birds and wildflowers. The area was originally home to the Maidu and Nisenan native Americans and evidence of their grinding holes and lodge pits still exist.
The geology of the Spenceville area is part of the Smartsville Block formed during the Middle Jurassic period 200 million years ago. The Smartsville Block is a part of the California Mother Lode and consequently, Spenceville has had its share of mining activity. Cleanup from copper and zinc mining continues to this day.
Spenceville hosts a variety of activities: hiking, biking, hunting, hunting dog field trials, target shooting, camping, equestrian trail riding, birding, and primitive camping. A popular trail leads to a series of waterfalls variously called Fairy Falls, Beale Falls, Shingle Falls, or Dry Creek Falls.
The Spenceville Wildlife Area may be impacted by the Waldo Dam Project proposed by the Yuba County Water Agency and by housing development proposed between Beale AFB and the wildlife area.
External links
* [http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/spenceville.html California Department of Fish and Game's page on Spenceville WA]
* [http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/docs/spenceville/SpencevilleWA.pdf Department of Fish and Game map in PDF format] .
* [http://www.consrv.ca.gov/index/AboutUs/aboutUs_SpencevilleMine.htm Information on mine site cleanup.]
* [http://spenceville.org/ Freinds of Spenceville website.]
* [http://www.waterfallswest.com/ca_fairy.html Information on waterfalls of Spenceville.]
* [http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2004/11/30/features/things/things08.prt Newspaper article on hunting.]
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