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National Wildlife is an American magazine published bi-monthly by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a nonprofit conservation group. In publication since 1962, and with an emphasis on wildlife conservation and natural history, it is designed to inform NWF’s Associate Members and other readers about key issues relating to the nation's natural resources and environment.
The magazine features photography, stories and articles on nature and wildlife. The magazine also reports on new discoveries about wildlife and wild animal behavior, how to garden naturally using native plants and how to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife to backyards and gardens.
In November 2014 Lisa Moore was appointed editor-in-chief of National Wildlife. She replaced Mark Wexler in the post.
Information, advice and tips are also provided on the National Wildlife Magazine website on wildlife gardening, birding, wildlife photography, wildlife/animals and outdoor family activities.
National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants. Since President Theodore Roosevelt designated Florida's Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge as the first wildlife refuge in 1903, the System has grown to over 560 national wildlife refuges and other units of the Refuge System, plus 38 wetland management districts encompassing more than 150,000,000 acres (607,028 km2).
The mission of the Refuge System is to manage a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitat. The Refuge System maintains the biological integrity, diversity and environmental health of these natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges (NWR). It is located in northern California, in the valley of the Sacramento River.
The Sacramento NWR Complex was created in an attempt to resolve the conflict between the needs of migrating birds using the Pacific Flyway, and those of agriculture.
Before the arrival of European settlers in the 19th century, much of the Sacramento valley was taken up by seasonal wetlands and grasslands. By the beginning of the 20th century, much of this had been replaced by farmland, particularly for the growing of rice, and the rivers no longer create new wetlands because their flow is controlled by levees and irrigation schemes. Less than 10% of the original wetland area remains. Migrating birds have continued to use the area, and resting in the rice fields, consumed considerable quantities of the crop.
In 1937, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, with the aid of the Civilian Conservation Corps, began the process of creating a refuge within dry, alkaline lands between the towns of Willows and Maxwell. This was the original Sacramento NWR. From the 1940s onward, additional refuges were created, so that the Sacramento NWR Complex now includes the following refuges, located between 80 and 145 kilometres (50 and 90 mi) north of the city of Sacramento:
Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities.
Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. Some animals, however, have adapted to suburban environments. This includes such animals as domesticated cats, dogs, mice, and gerbils.Some religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.
Sacramento (/ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ/; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California. Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for TIME magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".
Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr., his son John Sutter, Jr., and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad.
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1st GoPro video, good shots and a good day. 4 shells for one bird.
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge is located along the Sacramento River in the Sacramento Valley of California. Landscape is very flat, bordered by the Sierra and Coast ranges, with intensive agriculture (rice, with walnut, almond, and prune orchards along the river). This riparian community is one of the most important wildlife habitats in California and North America. The refuge is currently in an active acquisition phase, and includes the Llano Seco Unit. Large-scale riparian habitat restoration is ongoing. Riparian habitat along the Sacramento River is critically important for various threatened species, fisheries, migratory birds, plants, and the natural system of the river itself. There has been an 85% reduction of riparian vegetation throughout the Sacramento Valley and foo...
Massive fly out at 14' 38" !
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge and The Nature Conservancy – California restored wildlife habitat on the refuge by planting native wildflowers. The results are beautiful. See for yourself.
Friends, Come along with us as we pay a visit the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service near Willows in California’s great central valley.
This peregrine falcon was hunting for prey, as he flew into a flock of pintails at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. The larger white-fronted geese in the foreground, however, do not seem to be impressed much by the peregrine and they stay through the entire clip. Video: Cindy Sandoval/USFWS
Video highlights from a tour of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in Willows today.
A great place to spend some time. They have a visitor center, restrooms, walking paths, auto tours viewing platform.
This video was taken at both the Sacramento NWR and the Colusa NWR. January is a great time of year to see the thousands of water fowl that pass through this area. Check out http://www.focusedonnature.com/ for great nature photos. Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FocusedOnNaturePhotography
Artist, Educator and Naturalist John Muir Laws comments on the joy of viewing wildlife in the Sacramento Valley during the winter months.
Taken at Hwy. 20 on the way to Colusa NWR in Williams, CA. So incredible to see!
Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have rescued 500 adult Chinook salmon that were stranded in a small irrigation canal near Sacramento. Don Ford reports. (12/3/14)
Tenth thousands of Snow geese and other migratory ducks and birds came to Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, near Willows, off I-5, every Fall. They fly-out at sunset in orderly waves after waves to the nearby agriculture field for food. It is so wonderful to see and to hear those God's beautiful creations at the refuge ! They shall be here until next January or February. Do not miss your chance to experience the marvelous God's creations this season!
Our own Janine Kraus caught this massive flyoff of ducks and geese at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge late last week. Mostly Snow Geese and White-fronted Geese, with some pintails.
The electric tram at Sacramento NWR is a fun and interactive way to view waterfowl and other wildlife.
It's not doing much, but here is a juvenile Bald Eagle at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Friends, Come along with us as we pay a visit the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service near Willows in California’s great central valley.
On the episode of The Forum we explore two hidden gems in Northern California, the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and the Tule Lake World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
Brothers,Sisters & Friends: If you were there-You can re-live what you saw at SNWR with this video ; or if we missed you-You can have a virtual tour of SNWR through Ching's lens ( i.e. Eyes)-you can see, hear (unedited) and experienced the sunset fly-out at SNWR .
Go inside the gates of the Sacramento Zoo, home to more than 400 animals. Encounter creatures like a rare Red Panda, a tamandua, and more familiar giraffes and snakes, and meet the people who care for them. Then, explore new exhibits open to the public. http://www.robontheroad.org
The Pacific Coast Highway Structures - Mega Structure. The Pacific Highway auto trail became British Columbia Highway 99 from Vancouver to the Canada–United States border, U.S. Route 99 from the border to Red Bluff, California, in the Sacramento Valley; U.S. Route 99W from Red Bluff to Davis, California, in the Central Valley; U.S. Route 40 from Davis to San Francisco; and U.S. Route 101 from San Francisco to San Diego. This alignment is now mostly Interstate 5 in California, except between Woodland, California, and Los Angeles, where it uses State Route 113, Interstate 80 and then U.S. Route 101. In Oregon, Interstate 5 is now officially the Pacific Highway No. 1 (see Oregon highways and routes). First completed in 1923, Oregon's Pacific Highway was the first border to border paved highw...
A unique study of family life in the world of nature’s gentle giants - and of the impact of man’s turbulent politics on that peaceful world. This extraordinary portrait of a group of wild gorillas is a family saga rich in the grand themes of any human drama - death, adolescent rebellion, jealousy and parenthood. Click here for more documentaries: http://bit.ly/2gSPaf6 Content licensed by ITV Global Entertainment. Any queries, please contact us at: wildthings@littledotstudios.com
Today's zoo veterinarian serves as both doctor and defender, as UC Davis wildlife docs Ray Wack and Scott Larsen can testify. Wack and Larsen, the attending vets at the Sacramento Zoo, also serve on the faculty of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
The Sacramento Zoo is a zoo located in William Land Park in Sacramento, California. It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals. At that time, it occupied 4.2 acres (1.7 ha), which remained the case until the early 1960s when the zoo expanded to its current 14.3 acres (5.8 ha). As of December 2012, the zoo had just over 500 animals on site.
www.sacramentokoi.com - Follow us on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/sacramentokoi/ Steve Walker with Sacramento Koi discusses the top 20 commonly made mistakes that people often make when building a koi pond and how to avoid them. 1) How large should I make my koi pond? - 2:59 2) Where should I place my koi pond? - 6:24 3) Can I grow plants in my koi pond? - 8:52 4) Which pond is better, rubber liner or concrete? - 11:48 5) "How important is the shape and contour of the pond? - 13:57 6) How deep should I make my koi pond? - 16:10 7) How important is the filter? - 18:51 8) How far away from the pond can I install my filter system? - 20:52 9) Do I need a pre-filter? - 22:16 10) What size pump will I need? - 24:07 11) What size pipe should I use? - 28:32 12) How important is it to have a bo...
Presenter: Lisamarie Windham-Myers, USGS Research Ecologist, National Research Program - Wetlands are hotspots for mercury methylation and export of methylmercury to aquatic foodwebs. Rice is the most abundant wetland type in California and globally in temperate and tropical latitudes. - Physical, chemical and biological Hg transformations are temporally pulsed in agricultural wetlands, due largely to seasonal water management practices. - Monitoring methylmercury at the right time and location is essential to managing and projecting future exposure for wildlife and humans.
Wildlife on the River is amazing for a couple of reasons. The first being, that 98% of the filming was done in the midst of a small city, Roseburg, Oregon. Stephen parked his truck after work on the South Umpqua River in a place called, Stewart Park. Through out the summer he captured the activities of the local wildlife carried on as if there were no human.
Sacramento River King Salmon Trolling "Prop Water" www.informativefisherman.com www.facebook.com/theinformativefisherman/ In this episode we go over all of the basic gear needed to target these big chrome king salmon in the greater Sacramento California area! 2:12 How to tell wild from hatchery 2:40 Bleeding your fish 4:08 Lure selection 10:23 Three way rigs and bottom bouncing 12:34 Rod, reel and line suggestions 16:15 Big chrome female hookup! 19:29 Location and direction methods 21:11 Setbacks and setting hooks 24:00 Best trolling days and tides 26:50 Advanced netting tips 29:30 Color selection 30:25 Swivel tips and tricks 31:50 Preventing tangling lines
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THOMAS H. SUCHANEK, PHD THE REALITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE: A PATH FORWARD What is Darwin Day? It is a science rush like no other, an annual celebration of scientific inquiry honoring the life and work of the great Charles Darwin (born February 12, 1809), and sponsored worldwide by community and educational groups. This will be Sacramento’s 20th annual Darwin Day event. Currently, Tom Suchanek is Scientist Emeritus with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center (WERC). Trained as a coastal marine ecologist, he was a Research Manager, Lead Scientist and Climate Change Science Coordinator for WERC in Sacramento, CA until January 2014. He also maintains active Research Associate appointments at the U.C. Davis Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and Bodega Marine Lab. The aft...
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