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Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
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DELEVAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
DELEVAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
752 County Rd. 99W
Willows, California   95988-9639

Phone: 530-934-2801
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The Delevan National Wildlife Refuge is one of six refuges in the Sacramento Refuge Complex in the Sacramento Valley of north-central California. The 5,797-acre refuge is approximately 80 miles north of Sacramento and consists of over 4,500 acres of intensively managed wetlands and 1,200 acres of uplands.

More than 200,000 ducks and 100,000 geese come to the refuge each winter. With 95 percent of the wetlands of the central valley lost over the last 100 years, waterfowl have become increasingly dependent upon the refuges of the Sacramento Valley.

The refuge supports several endangered plants and animals: giant garter snake, wintering peregrine falcon and bald eagle, breeding tricolored blackbird, and a large colony of the endangered palmate-bracted bird's beak. Resident wildlife include grebe, heron, blackbird, beaver, muskrat, black tailed deer and other species typical of upland and wetland habitats.

Approximately 7,000 people hunt on the refuge each year and an estimated 1,000 visitors observe wildlife from a primitive roadside overlook along the Maxwell-Colusa Highway.

Fishing
Waterfowl and pheasant hunting occur during mid-October through mid-January, on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, on the southern portion of the refuge. Ducks, geese, pheasant, snipe, coots, and moorhens may be hunted. There are 28 island hunting sites and a free roaming area. A refuge hunting permit must be purchased at the refuge's hunter check station.




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Directions
From Williams, take Interstate 5 north approximately 9 miles to the Maxwell Rd exit.

Drive east on Colusa-Maxwell Rd for approximately 4 miles to graveled Four Mile Rd., which parallels the west Refuge boundary.

From Colusa, travel north on the Colusa-Princeton Rd approximately 5 miles to Colusa-Maxwell Rd. Turn west and travel 4 miles to graveled Four Mile Rd.

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