List of protected areas within California

List of protected areas within California

The following is a list of protected territories within the State of California.

National park system

The U.S. National Park System controls a large and diverse group of California parks. The best known is the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, that figures prominently on the reverse side of the .

tate parks

The California Department of Parks and Recreation maintains over 270 protected areas, which include almost one-third of California's scenic coastline, including coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. The state parks system covers 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline, 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage, nearly 18,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails. [ cite web|url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=940 |title=A State Park System is Born |accessdate=2007-10-07 |publisher=California State Parks ]

National Marine Sanctuaries

California borders several U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries:
* Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
* Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
* Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
* Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

California Protected Areas

The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), through its seven regional divisions [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regions/ | title= DFG Regions | work = California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] , manages more than 700 protected areas statewide. [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/factsheet.html | title= Lands Inventory Fact Sheet | work = California DFG website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] They are broadly categorized as:
* 110 wildlife areas [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/index.html | title=Wildlife Areas | work = California DFG website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] , designed to give the public easier access to wildlife while preserving habitats.
* 123 ecological reserves [citeweb | url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/er/index.html | title= Ecological Reserves | work = California DFG website | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] , which protect rare terrestrial species and habitats.
* 11 marine reserves, which do the same for sea-dwelling species and habitats.

National Landscape Conservation System

National Landscape Conservation System sites in California include:

National monuments

* California Coastal
* Carrizo Plain
* Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains

National conservation areas

* California Desert
* King Range

Wilderness areas

* Agua Tibia Wilderness
* Ansel Adams Wilderness
* Argus Range Wilderness
* Big Maria Mountains Wilderness
* Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
* Bighorn Mountain Wilderness
* Black Mountain Wilderness
* Bright Star Wilderness
* Bristol Mountains Wilderness
* Bucks Lake Wilderness
* Cache Creek Wilderness
* Cadiz Dunes Wilderness
* Caribou Wilderness
* Carrizo Gorge Wilderness
* Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
* Castle Crags Wilderness
* Cedar Roughs Wilderness
* Chanchelulla Wilderness
* Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness
* Chimney Peak Wilderness
* Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness
* Chumash Wilderness
* Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness
* Clipper Mountain Wilderness
* Coso Range Wilderness
* Coyote Mountains Wilderness
* Cucamonga Wilderness
* Darwin Falls Wilderness
* Dead Mountains Wilderness
* Death Valley Wilderness
* Desolation Wilderness
* Dick Smith Wilderness
* Dinkey Lakes Wilderness
* Domeland Wilderness
* El Paso Mountains Wilderness
* Emigrant Wilderness
* Farallon Wilderness
* Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness
* Funeral Mountains Wilderness
* Garcia Wilderness
* Golden Trout Wilderness
* Golden Valley Wilderness
* Granite Chief Wilderness
* Grass Valley Wilderness
* Hauser Wilderness
* Havasu Wilderness
* Hollow Hills Wilderness
* Hoover Wilderness
* Ibex Wilderness
* Imperial Refuge Wilderness
* Indian Pass Wilderness
* Inyo Mountains Wilderness
* Ishi Wilderness
* Jacumba Wilderness
* Jennie Lakes Wilderness
* John Muir Wilderness
* Joshua Tree Wilderness
* Kaiser Wilderness
* Kelso Dunes Wilderness
* Kiavah Wilderness
* King Range Wilderness
* Kingston Range Wilderness
* Lassen Volcanic Wilderness
* Lava Beds Wilderness
* Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness
* Little Picacho Wilderness
* Machesna Mountain Wilderness
* Malpais Mesa Wilderness
* Manly Peak Wilderness
* Marble Mountain Wilderness
* Matilija Wilderness
* Mecca Hills Wilderness
* Mesquite Wilderness
* Mojave Wilderness
* Mokelumne Wilderness
* Monarch Wilderness
* Mount Lassic Wilderness
* Mt. Shasta Wilderness
* Newberry Mountains Wilderness
* Nopah Range Wilderness
* North Algodones Dunes Wilderness
* North Fork Wilderness
* North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness
* Old Woman Mountains Wilderness
* Orocopia Mountains Wilderness
* Otay Mountain Wilderness
* Owens Peak Wilderness
* Pahrump Valley Wilderness
* Palen/McCoy Wilderness
* Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness
* Phillip Burton Wilderness
* Picacho Peak Wilderness
* Pine Creek Wilderness
* Pinnacles Wilderness
* Piper Mountain Wilderness
* Piute Mountains Wilderness
* Red Buttes Wilderness
* Resting Spring Range Wilderness
* Rice Valley Wilderness
* Riverside Mountains Wilderness
* Rocks and Islands Wilderness
* Rodman Mountains Wilderness
* Russian Wilderness
* Sacatar Trail Wilderness
* Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness
* San Gabriel Wilderness
* San Gorgonio Wilderness
* San Jacinto Wilderness
* San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
* San Rafael Wilderness
* Sanhedrin Wilderness
* Santa Lucia Wilderness
* Santa Rosa Wilderness
* Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness
* Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
* Sespe Wilderness
* Sheep Mountain Wilderness
* Sheephole Valley Wilderness
* Silver Peak Wilderness
* Siskiyou Wilderness
* Snow Mountain Wilderness
* South Fork Eel River Wilderness
* South Nopah Range Wilderness
* South Sierra Wilderness
* South Warner Wilderness
* Stateline Wilderness
* Stepladder Mountains Wilderness
* Surprise Canyon Wilderness
* Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
* Thousand Lakes Wilderness
* Trilobite Wilderness
* Trinity Alps Wilderness
* Turtle Mountains Wilderness
* Ventana Wilderness
* Whipple Mountains Wilderness
* Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness
* Yosemite Wilderness
* Yuki Wilderness

National Forests

California contains all or portions of several U.S. National Forests:
* Angeles National Forest
* Cleveland National Forest
* Eldorado National Forest
* Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
* Inyo National Forest
* Klamath National Forest
* Lassen National Forest
* Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
* Los Padres National Forest
* Mendocino National Forest
* Modoc National Forest
* Plumas National Forest
* San Bernardino National Forest
* Sequoia National Forest
* Shasta-Trinity National Forest
* Sierra National Forest
* Six Rivers National Forest
* Stanislaus National Forest
* Tahoe National Forest

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