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SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA:
The San Jacinto Wildlife Area is located in western Riverside County, California approximately 60 miles east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area between the cities of Moreno Valley and San Jacinto. It is owned by the state of California and managed by the state Department of Fish and Game. Currently, the wildlife area is made up of 19,000 acres of wildlife habitat. Approximately 10,000 acres are located in the northern San Jacinto Valley consisting of wetlands, grasslands, Coastal Sage Scrub habitat. The Potrero Creek Conservation Unit has 9,000 acres and is located southeast of the wildlife are in "The Badlands" bordered by State Highway 79 and Gilman Springs Road. The San Jacinto Wildlife Area is also one of the premier hunting areas in southern California (hunting is allowed at all state owned wildlife areas). State hunting fees support the management of wildlife habitat throughout the state. The wildlife area is a cornerstone reserve in the Riverside County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan reserve system.
For your information we are posting a color four page brochure originally published by the California Department of Fish and Game that is now out of print.
Please note the NEW Telephone number for the San Jacinto Wildlife Area is: (951) 928-0580.
Please note the directions in the handout are OUT OF DATE: THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE San Jacinto Wildlife Area is from the Ramona Expressway in Lakeview. Please follow the new directions listed in the section below.
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Another information sheet is available: "San Jacinto Wildlife Area: When can we go and how do we get there?"
TO VISIT THE SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA:
San
Jacinto Wildlife Area
17050 Davis Road
Lakeview, CA 92567
Telephone: (951) 928-0580
Directions: From Highway 215 (south of March Air Reserve Base, Moreno Valley), take the Ramona Expressway east to Davis Road in the community of Lakeview (traffic signal at Davis Road/Hanson Street); go north on Davis Road 2.3 miles to the headquarters. Turn east to SJWA entrance gate.
Restrooms are available next to the parking lot. There are also shaded picnic tables adjacent to the parking lot.
The SJWA is open 7 days a week from Dawn to Dusk. You are welcome to visit at any time. There is an Information Kiosk on the east side of Davis Road adjacent to the parking lot.
Self-Guided Auto Tour: A self-guided auto tour is available for visitors to use at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area. These reusable guides follow a series of signs and explain what can be seen at each of the seven stops. They may be picked up from a wooden box which is adjacent to the Information Kiosk. As you leave the wildlife area, you will find a "return" box for the guides sitting on the other side of the road from the kiosk.
DURING THE RAINY SEASON please call the area headquarters during regular business hours for updated access information and road conditions. Use caution while driving on Davis Road if there have been recent rains.
SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA BIRD CHECKLIST:
A number of years ago the Friends began the process of updating the bird checklist for the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, a list that was last updated in April 1989. Information was gathered from local birding experts and then the long process of updating and refining the information began. Douglas Morton took on the project compiling the list and now we can say the checklist has been updated and also includes birds at Lake Perris State Recreation Area. Major contributors to the compilation are: Gene Cardiff, Cin-Ty Lee, Chet McGaugh, Bob McKernan, Greg Morton, and especially John Green.
The list is in text form and not formatted into a checklist form yet, but we wanted to make the new list available for everyone to use. Please be aware that it is an 11 page document. Plans are progressing to put this into a checklist format and it will eventually be posted here. Also, the Friends plan to produce an annotated list containing detailed information on where the birds can be found, food sources, etc.
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