California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 2 - Game, Furbearers, Nongame, and Depredators › Chapter 8 - Wildlife and Public Shooting Areas › Section 551 - Additional Visitor Use Regulations on Department Lands Designated as Wildlife Areas

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  areas listed in Section
				  551 have been designated by the
				  commission as wildlife areas. All wildlife areas are maintained for the primary
				  purposes of developing a statewide program of ecological conservation,
				  restoration, preservation, development and management of wildlife and wildlife
				  habitat and hunting. A legal description of the boundaries of each wildlife
				  area is on file at the department's headquarters, and may be obtained by
				  contacting Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lands Program, P.O. Box 944209,
				  Sacramento, CA 94244-2090. Visitor use is subject to the regulations below and
				  in sections
				  550 and
				  550.5, as well as any other
				  sections of Title 14, CCR, and the Fish and Game Code that may apply. These
				  regulations are incorporated by reference into and become a condition of entry
				  and/or permits. Visitors are responsible for knowing and understanding these
				  regulations prior to entry.
(b)
				  Wildlife areas owned and operated by the department (Types A, B and C as
				  defined in Section
				  551(e)) are as
				  follows:
(1) Antelope Valley Wildlife Area
				  (Sierra County) (Type C);
(2) Ash
				  Creek Wildlife Area (Lassen and Modoc counties) (Type B);
(3) Bass Hill Wildlife Area (Lassen County),
				  including the Egan Management Unit (Type C);
(4) Battle Creek Wildlife Area (Shasta and
				  Tehama counties) (Type C);
(5) Big
				  Lagoon Wildlife Area (Humboldt County) (Type C);
(6) Big Sandy Wildlife Area (Monterey and San
				  Luis Obispo counties) (Type C);
(7)
				  Biscar Wildlife Area (Lassen County) (Type C);
(8) Burcham and Wheeler Flats Wildlife Area
				  (Mono County) (Type C);
(9) Butte
				  Valley Wildlife Area (Siskiyou County) (Type B);
(10) Buttermilk Country Wildlife Area (Inyo
				  County) (Type C);
(11) Cache Creek
				  Wildlife Area (Lake County), including the North Fork Cache Creek and Harley
				  Gulch management units (Type C);
(12) Camp Cady Wildlife Area (San Bernardino
				  County) (Type C);
(13) Cantara/Ney
				  Springs Wildlife Area (Siskiyou County) (Type C);
(14) Cartago Wildlife Area (Inyo County)
				  (Type C);
(15) Cedar Roughs
				  Wildlife Area (Napa County) (Type C);
(16) Cinder Flats Wildlife Area (Shasta
				  County) (Type C);
(17) Clear Lake
				  Wildlife Area (Lake County), including the Rodman Slough Unit (Type
				  C);
(18) Collins Eddy Wildlife Area
				  (Sutter and Yolo counties) (Type C);
(19) Colusa Bypass Wildlife Area (Colusa
				  County) (Type C);
(20) Coon Hollow
				  Wildlife Area (Butte County) (Type C);
(21) Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area (Merced
				  County), including the Upper Cottonwood and Lower Cottonwood management units
				  (Type C);
(22) Crescent City Marsh
				  Wildlife Area (Del Norte County) (Type C);
(23) Crocker Meadow Wildlife Area (Plumas
				  County) (Type C);
(24) Daugherty
				  Hill Wildlife Area (Yuba County) (Type C);
(25) Decker Island Wildlife Area (Solano
				  County) (Type C);
(26) Doyle
				  Wildlife Area (Lassen County) (Type C);
(27) Dutch Flat Wildlife Area (Modoc County)
				  (Type C);
(28) East Walker River
				  Wildlife Area (Mono County) (Type C);
(29) Eel River Wildlife Area (Humboldt
				  County) (Type C);
(30) El Dorado
				  Wildlife Area (El Dorado County), including the Ervin Ranch Management Unit
				  (Type C);
(31) Elk Creek Wetlands
				  Wildlife Area (Del Norte County) (Type C);
(32) Elk River Wildlife Area (Humboldt
				  County) (Type C);
(33) Fay Canyon
				  Wildlife Area (Alpine County) (Type C);
(34) Fay Slough Wildlife Area (Humboldt
				  County) (Type C);
(35) Feather
				  River Wildlife Area (Sutter and Yuba counties), including the Abbott Lake, Lake
				  of the Woods, Marysville, Morse Road, Nelson Slough, O'Connor Lakes, Shanghai
				  Bend, and Star Bend management units (Type C);
(36) Fitzhugh Creek Wildlife Area (Modoc
				  County) (Type C);
(37) Fremont Weir
				  Wildlife Area (Sutter and Yolo counties) (Type C);
(38) French Valley Wildlife Area (Riverside
				  County) (Type C);
(39) Grass Lake
				  Wildlife Area (Siskiyou County) (Type C);
(40) Gray Lodge Wildlife Area (Butte and
				  Sutter counties) (Type A);
(41)
				  Green Creek Wildlife Area (Mono County) (Type C);
(42) Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Solano
				  County), including the Crescent (Type A), Crescent Family (Type A), Goodyear
				  Slough (Type B), Grey Goose (Type C), Grizzly Island (Type A), Island Slough
				  (Type B), Joice Island (Type A), West Family (Type B) management
				  units;
(43) Hallelujah Junction
				  Wildlife Area (Lassen and Sierra counties) (Type C);
(44) Heenan Lake Wildlife Area (Alpine
				  County) (Type C);
(45) Hill Slough
				  Wildlife Area (Solano County) (Type C);
(46) Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area (San
				  Diego County) (Type C);
(47) Honey
				  Lake Wildlife Area (Lassen County) (Type B);
(48) Hope Valley Wildlife Area (Alpine
				  County) (Type C);
(49) Horseshoe
				  Ranch Wildlife Area (Siskiyou County) (Type C);
(50) Imperial Wildlife Area (Imperial
				  County), including the Wister (Type A) and Finney-Ramer (Type C) management
				  units;
(51) Indian Valley Wildlife
				  Area (Lake County) (Type C);
(52)
				  Kelso Peak and Old Dad Mountains Wildlife Area (San Bernardino County) (Type
				  C);
(53) Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area
				  (Madera County) (Type C);
(54)
				  Knoxville Wildlife Area (Napa and Yolo counties) (Type C);
(55) Laguna Wildlife Area (Sonoma County)
				  (Type C);
(56) Lake Earl Wildlife
				  Area (Del Norte County) (Type C);
(57) Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area
				  (Fresno County) (Type C);
(58) Los
				  Banos Wildlife Area (Merced County) (Type A);
(59) Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area
				  (Sacramento County) (Type C);
(60)
				  Mad River Slough Wildlife Area (Humboldt County) (Type C);
(61) Marble Mountains Wildlife Area (San
				  Bernardino County) (Type C);
(62)
				  Mendota Wildlife Area (Fresno County) (Type A);
(63) Merrill's Landing Wildlife Area (Tehama
				  County) (Type C);
(64) Miner Slough
				  Wildlife Area (Solano County) (Type C);
(65) Monache Meadows Wildlife Area (Tulare
				  County) (Type C);
(66) Morro Bay
				  Wildlife Area (San Luis Obispo County) (Type C);
(67) Moss Landing Wildlife Area (Monterey
				  County) (Type C);
(68) Mouth of
				  Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area (Shasta and Tehama counties) (Type C);
(69) Mud Lake Wildlife Area (Siskiyou County)
				  (Type C);
(70) Napa-Sonoma Marshes
				  Wildlife Area (Solano, Napa, and Sonoma counties), including the American
				  Canyon, Dutchman Slough, Huichica Creek, Napa River, Ringstrom Bay, Sonoma
				  Creek, Tolay Creek, Wingo, Green Island, Southern Crossing, and White Slough
				  management units (Type C);
(71)
				  North Grasslands Wildlife Area (Merced and Stanislaus counties), including the
				  China Island, Gadwall, and Salt Slough management units (Type A);
(72) O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area (Merced
				  County) (Type C);
(73) Oroville
				  Wildlife Area (Butte County), including the Thermalito Afterbay Management Unit
				  (Type C);
(74) Petaluma Marsh
				  Wildlife Area (Marin and Sonoma counties), including the Black John Slough,
				  Burdell, Petaluma River, Bahia, Day Island, Green Point, Novato Creek, Point
				  Sonoma, and Rush Creek management units (Type C);
(75) Pickel Meadow Wildlife Area (Mono
				  County) (Type C);
(76) Pine Creek
				  Wildlife Area (Modoc County) (Type C);
(77) Point Edith Wildlife Area (Contra Costa
				  County) (Type C);
(78) Putah Creek
				  Wildlife Area (Solano County) (Type C);
(79) Rector Reservoir Wildlife Area (Napa
				  County) (Type C);
(80) Red Lake
				  Wildlife Area (Alpine County) (Type C);
(81) Rhode Island Wildlife Area (Contra Costa
				  County) (Type C);
(82) Round Valley
				  Wildlife Area (Inyo and Mono counties) (Type C);
(83) Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area (Yolo
				  County) (Type C);
(84) Sacramento
				  River Wildlife Area (Butte, Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama counties) (Type
				  C);
(85) San Felipe Valley Wildlife
				  Area (San Diego County) (Type C);
(86) San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Riverside
				  County), including the Davis Road Unit and the Potrero Unit (Type A);
(87) San Luis Obispo Wildlife Area (San Luis
				  Obispo County) (Type C);
(88) San
				  Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area (Merced County) (Type C);
(89) San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area (Marin and
				  Sonoma counties) (Type C);
(90)
				  Santa Rosa Wildlife Area (Riverside County) (Type C);
(91) Shasta Valley Wildlife Area (Siskiyou
				  County) (Type B);
(92) Sheepy Ridge
				  Wildlife Area (Siskiyou County) (Type C);
(93) Silver Creek Wildlife Area (Lassen
				  County) (Type C);
(94)
				  Slinkard-Little Antelope Wildlife Area (Mono County) (Type C);
(95) Smithneck Creek Wildlife Area (Sierra
				  County) (Type C);
(96) South Spit
				  Wildlife Area (Humboldt County) (Type C);
(97) Spenceville Wildlife Area (Yuba and
				  Nevada counties) (Type C);
(98)
				  Surprise Valley Wildlife Area (Modoc County) (Type C);
(99) Sutter Bypass Wildlife Area (Sutter
				  County) (Type C);
(100) Tehama
				  Wildlife Area (Tehama County) (Type C);
(101) Truckee River Wildlife Area (Nevada,
				  and Sierra counties), including the Boca, Canyon, Grey Creek Canyon, Polaris,
				  and Union Ice management units (Type C);
(102) Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area (Butte
				  and Glenn counties), including the Howard Slough, Little Dry Creek, and Llano
				  Seco management units (Type A);
(103) Volta Wildlife Area (Merced County)
				  (Type A);
(104) Warner Valley
				  Wildlife Area (Plumas County) (Type C);
(105) Waukell Creek Wildlife Area (Del Norte
				  County) (Type C);
(106) West Hilmar
				  Wildlife Area (Merced and Stanislaus counties) (Type C);
(107) West Walker River Wildlife Area (Mono
				  County) (Type C);
(108) Willow
				  Creek Wildlife Area (Lassen County) (Type B); and
(109) Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (Yolo County)
				  (Type A).