Areas of Interest
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Habitat Management
This water management replaces some of the habitat the Sacramento River's historical flooding provided. Additionally, prescribed management techniques including burning, discing, mowing, and pond excavation help create and maintain wetland diversity and productivity. Meeting the needs of wildlife requires special continuous habitat management. Permanent ponds may be drained every three to five years and the vegetation burned. This keeps them from being choked with plant life and deepens pond bottoms. Watergrass habitats are irrigated to bring seed heads to maturity while uplands are periodically burned to return nutrients to the soil. |
Sacramento NWR Complex
752 County Rd. 99W, Willows, CA 95988
Phone: (530) 934-2801; Fax: (530) 934-7814
24-hour Information: (530) 934-7774
TTY: (530) 934-7135
Last updated:
February 22, 2009