National Wildlife Refuge Week is October 12-18!

Look for special events at your local national wildlife refuge to celebrate the largest network of lands devoted to wildlife and conservation. There’s at least one in every state. In the meantime, here’s some trivia about the refuges in the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

By the numbers ...

• 7 National Wildlife Refuges are in the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge System Complex.
• 2 percent of San Pablo Bay NWR lands were purchased using money generated by the sale of Federal Duck Stamps.
• 11 adult burrowing owls were surveyed at the Warm Springs Unit on the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR in June 2014.
• 40 years ago the north Farallon Islands and West End Island were designated as Wilderness by US Congress.
• 40,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from the San Joaquin River as part of the Port of Stockton’s annual river maintenance program were deposited on Antioch Dunes NWR to create sand dune habitat. More is needed.
• 1992 is the year Marin Islands NWR was established.
• 14 Santa Cruz long-toed salamander larvae were discovered in newly constructed Prospect Pond at Ellicott Slough NWR.
• 4 federally-listed threatened and endangered species are known to occur on Salinas River NWR.