List of California Department of Fish and Game protected areas

The California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Fish and Game
The California Department of Fish and Game is a department within the government of California, falling under its parent California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Game manages and protects the state's diverse fish, wildlife, plant resources, and native habitats...

(DFG), through its seven regional divisions, manages 262 protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

s statewide. They are broadly categorized as:

Wildlife areas
Ecological reserves
Marine protected areas under the 1999 Marine Life Protection Act
Marine Life Protection Act
The Marine Life Protection Act was passed in 1999 and is part of the California Fish and Game Code. The MLPA requires California to reevaluate all existing marine protected areas and potentially design new MPAs that together function as a statewide network. The MLPA has clear guidance associated...

List of DFG protected areas

Site	Designation	DFG region
Albany Mudflats	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Alkali Sink	Ecological Reserve	Central
Allensworth	Ecological Reserve	Central
Atascadero Creek Marsh	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Bair Island Bair Island Bair Island is a marsh area in Redwood City, California covering , and includes three islands: Inner, Middle and Outer islands.Bair Island is part of the larger Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge....	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Baldwin Lake	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Batiquitos Lagoon	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Blue Sky	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Boden Canyon	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Boggs Lake Boggs Lake Ecological Reserve The Boggs Lake Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in Lake County, California. The land area is about one quarter of a square mile and contains a large vernal pool as well as endangered plants such as the Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop....	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Bolsa Chica	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Bonny Doon Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve The Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve is a nature preserve of in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, United States. The reserve protects several rare and endangered plant and animal species within an area known as the Santa Cruz sandhills, an ancient seabed containing fossilized marine animals.The...	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Buena Vista Lagoon	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Butler Slough	Ecological Reserve	Northern
Butte Creek Butte Creek Ecological Reserve The Butte Creek Ecological Reserve is a nature preserve of located east of Chico along Butte Creek in northern California. It consists of three semi-contiguous units: Honey Run Unit, Canyon Unit and Virgin Valley Unit. It is jointly managed by the California Department of Fish and Game and...	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Butte Creek House	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Buttonwillow	Ecological Reserve	Central
By Day Creek	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Calhoun Cut	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Canebrake Canebrake Ecological Reserve Canebrake Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in the South Fork Valley of Kern County, east of Lake Isabella, California. The California Department of Fish and Game acquired the land in 1994 and by 1996, became the Canebrake reserve, named after Canebrake Creek, a tributary of South Fork...	Ecological Reserve	Central
Carlsbad Highlands	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Carmel Bay	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Carrizo Canyon	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Carrizo Plains	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
China Point	Ecological Reserve	Northern
Clover Creek	Ecological Reserve	Northern
Coachella Valley	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Coal Canyon	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Corte Madera Marsh	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Cosumnes River Cosumnes River Preserve The Cosumnes River Preserve is a nature preserve of located 20 miles south of Sacramento, in the US state of California. The preserve protects a Central Valley remnant that once contained one of the largest expanses of oak tree savanna, riparian oak forest and wetland habitat in North America...	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Crestridge	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Dairy Mart Ponds	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Dales Lake	Ecological Reserve	Northern
Del Mar Landing	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Eden Landing Eden Landing Ecological Reserve Eden Landing Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in Hayward and Union City, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. The reserve is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, and comprises 5,040 acres of former industrial salt ponds now used as a low salinity waterbird...	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Elkhorn Slough	Ecological Reserve	Central
Estelle Mountain	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Fall River Mills	Ecological Reserve	Northern
Fish Slough	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Fremont Valley	Ecological Reserve	Central
Goleta Slough	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Indian Joe Spring	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Kaweah	Ecological Reserve	Central
Kerman	Ecological Reserve	Central
King Clone	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Laguna Laurel	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Loch Lomond Vernal Pool Loch Lomond Vernal Pool Ecological Reserve The Loch Lomond Vernal Pool Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve of in the community of Loch Lomond in Lake County, California. It is one of 119 ecological reserves managed by the California Department of Fish and Game...	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Lokern	Ecological Reserve	Central
Magnesia Spring	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Marin Islands	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Mattole River	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
McGinty Mountain	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Morro Dunes	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Morro Rock	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Napa River	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
North Table Mountain North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve The North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve of located three miles north of Oroville, Butte County, in the US state of California. The land was acquired by the state in October, 1993 to preserve and protect the rare Northern Basalt Flow Vernal Pools habitat type that supports...	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Oasis Spring	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Panoche Hills	Ecological Reserve	Central
Peytonia Slough	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Piute Creek	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Pleasant Valley	Ecological Reserve	Central
Point Lobos	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Rancho Jamul	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Redwood Shores	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
River Springs Lakes	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Saline Valley	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
San Dieguito Lagoon	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
San Elijo Lagoon	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
San Felipe Creek	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
San Joaquin River	Ecological Reserve	Central
Santa Rosa Plateau	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Springville	Ecological Reserve	Central
Stone Corral	Ecological Reserve	Central
Sycamore Canyon	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Sycuan Peak	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Thomes Creek	Ecological Reserve	Northern
Tomales Bay	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
Upper Newport Bay	Ecological Reserve	South Coast
Watsonville Slough	Ecological Reserve	Bay Delta
West Mojave Desert	Ecological Reserve	Inland Deserts
Woodbridge	Ecological Reserve	North Central
Yaudanchi	Ecological Reserve	Central
Anacapa	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Año Nuevo Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area is one of two adjoining marine protected areas off the coast of San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, on California’s central coast.The area is approximately 55 miles south of San Francisco. The SMCA is 11.07 square miles... *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Atascadero Beach	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Big Creek *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Cambria Cambria State Marine Conservation Area Cambria State Marine Conservation Area is a marine protected area located off the coast of the city of Cambria, California on California’s central coast in San Luis Obispo County, California. The marine protected area covers... *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Cardiff and San Elijo	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Carmel Bay Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area is a marine protected area in Carmel Bay. Carmel Bay is adjacent to the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea and is near Monterey, on California’s central coast. The marine protected area covers 2.12 square miles...	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Crystal Cove	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Doheny	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Duxbury Reef Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area is a marine protected area located about 1 mile west of Bolinas in Marin County on California’s north central coast. This marine protected area covers...	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Edward F. Ricketts Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area and Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area are two of four small marine protected areas located near the cities of Monterey and Pacific Grove, at the southern end of Monterey Bay on California’s central coast. The four areas... *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Elkhorn Slough *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Encinitas	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Estero de Limantour	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Farallon Islands	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Farnsworth Bank	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Fort Ross	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Gerstle Cove	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Greyhound Rock Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area is one of two adjoining marine protected areas off the coast of San Mateo County and Santa Cruz County, on California’s central coast. The area is approximately south of San Francisco. The SMCA is... *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Julia Pfeiffer Burns	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
La Jolla	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Lovers Cove (Catalina Island)	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
MacKerricher	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Manchester and Arena Rock	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Mia J. Tegner	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Morro Beach	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Pacific Grove Marine Gardens	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Painted Cave	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Piedras Blancas *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Pismo	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Pismo-Oceano Beach	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Point Buchon *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Point Cabrillo	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Point Lobos	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Point Reyes Headlands	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Point Sur *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Portuguese Ledge *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Refugio	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Robert W. Crown	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Russian Gulch	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Salt Point Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area is a marine protected area that lies onshore from Fisk Mill Cove and south along Salt Point State Park in Sonoma County on California’s north central coast. The marine protected area covers 3.12 square miles...	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
San Diego-Scripps	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Sonoma Coast Sonoma Coast State Marine Conservation Area Sonoma Coast State Marine Conservation Area is a protected area along the coast of northern California, part of the North Central Coast Study Region....	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Soquel Canyon *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Van Damme	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
White Rock (Cambria) *	State Marine Conservation Area	Marine
Abalone Cove	State Marine Park	Marine
Albany Mudflats	State Marine Park	Marine
Bair Island	State Marine Park	Marine
Batiquitos Lagoon	State Marine Park	Marine
Bolsa Chica	State Marine Park	Marine
Buena Vista Lagoon	State Marine Park	Marine
Corte Madera Marsh	State Marine Park	Marine
Dana Point	State Marine Park	Marine
Del Mar Landing	State Marine Park	Marine
Doheny	State Marine Park	Marine
Fagan Marsh	State Marine Park	Marine
Goleta Slough	State Marine Park	Marine
Irvine Coast	State Marine Park	Marine
James V. Fitzgerald	State Marine Park	Marine
Laguna Beach	State Marine Park	Marine
Marin Islands	State Marine Park	Marine
Niguel	State Marine Park	Marine
Peytonia Slough	State Marine Park	Marine
Point Fermin	State Marine Park	Marine
Redwood Shores	State Marine Park	Marine
Robert E. Badham	State Marine Park	Marine
San Dieguito Lagoon	State Marine Park	Marine
San Elijo Lagoon	State Marine Park	Marine
South Laguna Beach	State Marine Park	Marine
Tomales Bay	State Marine Park	Marine
Upper Newport Bay	State Marine Park	Marine
Morro Bay *	State Marine Recreational Management Area	Marine
Agua Hedionda Lagoon	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Anacapa	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Asilomar Asilomar State Marine Reserve Asilomar State Marine Reserve is one of four small marine protected areas located near the cities of Monterey and Pacific Grove, at the southern end of Monterey Bay on California’s central coast. The four MPAs together encompass . The SMR protects all marine life within its boundaries... *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Big Creek	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Big Sycamore Canyon	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Bodega	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Carmel Pinnacles Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve is a marine protected area in Carmel Bay including a unique underwater pinnacle formation with adjacent kelp forest, submarine canyon head, and surfgrass... *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Carrington Point	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Catalina Marine Science Center	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Elkhorn Slough	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Gull Island	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Harris Point	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Heisler Park	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Hopkins	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Judith Rock	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Lovers Point Lovers Point State Marine Reserve Lovers Point State Marine Reserve is one of four small marine protected areas located near the cities of Monterey and Pacific Grove, at the southern end of Monterey Bay on California’s central coast. The four MPAs together encompass . The SMR protects all marine life within its boundaries... *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Moro Cojo Slough Moro Cojo Slough State Marine Reserve Moro Cojo Estuary State Marine Reserve is a marine protected area established to protect the wildlife and habitats in Moro Cojo Slough. Moro Cojo Slough is located inland from Monterey Bay on the central coast of California, directly south of the more widely known Elkhorn Slough. The area covers... *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Morro Bay *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Natural Bridges Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve is a marine protected area located at the northern edge of Santa Cruz, California, approximately south of San Francisco. The SMR covers The SMR protects all marine life within its boundaries. Fishing or other removal of any living marine resource is... *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Piedras Blancas *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Point Buchon *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Point Lobos	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Point Sur *	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Punta Gorda	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Richardson Rock	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Santa Barbara Island	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Scorpion	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Skunk Point	State Marine Reserve	Marine
South Point	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Vandenberg	State Marine Reserve	Marine
Antelope Valley	Wildlife Area	North Central
Ash Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
Bass Hill	Wildlife Area	Northern
Battle Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
Big Lagoon	Wildlife Area	Northern
Big Sandy	Wildlife Area	Central
Biscar	Wildlife Area	Northern
Butte Valley	Wildlife Area	Northern
Buttermilk Country	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Cache Creek Cache Creek Wilderness The Cache Creek Wilderness is a 27,245 acre wilderness area located in Lake County, California. The wilderness was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System when the United States Congress passed the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act in 2006...	Wildlife Area	North Central
Camp Cady	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Cantara/Ney Springs	Wildlife Area	Northern
Cedar Roughs	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Cinder Flats	Wildlife Area	Northern
Collins Eddy	Wildlife Area	North Central
Colusa Bypass	Wildlife Area	North Central
Coon Hollow	Wildlife Area	North Central
Cottonwood Creek	Wildlife Area	Central
Crescent City Marsh	Wildlife Area	Northern
Crocker Meadows	Wildlife Area	North Central
Daugherty Hill	Wildlife Area	North Central
Decker Island	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Doyle	Wildlife Area	Northern
Dutch Flat	Wildlife Area	Northern
Eastlker River	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Eel River	Wildlife Area	Northern
Elk Creek Wetlands	Wildlife Area	Northern
Elk River	Wildlife Area	Northern
Fay Slough	Wildlife Area	Northern
Feather River	Wildlife Area	North Central
Fitzhugh Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
Fremont Weir	Wildlife Area	North Central
Grass Lake	Wildlife Area	Northern
Gray Lodge	Wildlife Area	North Central
Green Creek	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Grizzly Island	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Hallelujah Junction	Wildlife Area	North Central
Heenan Lake	Wildlife Area	North Central
Hill Slough	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Hollenbeck Canyon	Wildlife Area	South Coast
Honey Lake	Wildlife Area	Northern
Hope Valley	Wildlife Area	North Central
Horseshoe Ranch	Wildlife Area	Northern
Imperial	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Indian Valley	Wildlife Area	North Central
Kelso Peak and Old Dad Mountains	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Kinsman Flat	Wildlife Area	Central
Knoxville	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Laguna	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Lake Berryessa	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Lake Earl	Wildlife Area	Northern
Lake Sonoma	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Little Panoche Reservoir	Wildlife Area	Central
Los Banos	Wildlife Area	Central
Lower Sherman Island	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Mad River Slough	Wildlife Area	Northern
Marble Mountains	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Mendota	Wildlife Area	Central
Merrill's Landing	Wildlife Area	Northern
Miner Slough	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Monache Meadows	Wildlife Area	Central
Morro Bay	Wildlife Area	Central
Moss Landing Moss Landing Wildlife Area Moss Landing Wildlife Area is a California State wildlife preserve on the shore of Elkhorn Slough.-Description:The Moss Landing Wildlife Area protects of Monterey County, California, just north of the town of Moss Landing, California. It includes part of the largest unaltered salt marsh on the...	Wildlife Area	Central
Mouth of Cottonwood Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
Napa-Sonoma Marshes	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
North Grasslands	Wildlife Area	Central
O'Neill Forebay	Wildlife Area	Central
Oroville	Wildlife Area	North Central
Petaluma Marsh	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Pickel Meadow	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Pine Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
Point Edith	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Putah Creek	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Rector Reservoir	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Red Lake	Wildlife Area	North Central
Rhode Island	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Sacramento River	Wildlife Area	North Central
San Felipe Valley	Wildlife Area	South Coast
San Jacinto	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
San Luis Obispo	Wildlife Area	Central
San Luis Reservoir	Wildlife Area	Central
San Pablo Bay	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Santa Rosa	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Shasta Valley	Wildlife Area	Northern
Silver Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
Slinkard/Little Antelope	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
Smithneck Creek	Wildlife Area	North Central
South Fork	Wildlife Area	Central
Spenceville Spenceville Wildlife Area The Spenceville Wildlife Area is an wildlife preserve managed by the California Department of Fish and Game. It is approximately east of the town of Marysville and Beale Air Force Base in central California.-Natural history:...	Wildlife Area	North Central
Surprise Valley	Wildlife Area	Northern
Sutter Bypass	Wildlife Area	North Central
Tehama	Wildlife Area	Northern
Truckee River	Wildlife Area	North Central
Upper Butte Basin	Wildlife Area	North Central
Volta	Wildlife Area	Central
Warner Valley	Wildlife Area	North Central
Waukell Creek	Wildlife Area	Northern
West Hilmar	Wildlife Area	Central
Westlker River	Wildlife Area	Inland Deserts
White Slough	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta
Willow Creek Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area is located in the Sacramento Valley of California. The landscape is very flat, bordered by the Sierra and Coast ranges and surrounded by intensive agriculture...	Wildlife Area	Northern
Yolo Bypass Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is located within the Yolo Bypass in Yolo County, California. The Wildlife Area is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game with the intent of restoring and managing a variety of wildlife habitats in the Yolo Basin, a natural basin in the north part of the...	Wildlife Area	Bay Delta

* Indicates protected area status will come into effect on September 21, 2007.

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