National Wildlife Refuges in California
California has 36 national wildlife refuges, all run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 11 are closed to the public. 35 are free to enter. Camping is allowed on 1: Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge. 22 allow hunting and 23 allow fishing.
Each refuge sets its own closures and fire rules. Each refuge's page lists the fire restriction orders and closures on record for it, from the refuge's own fws.gov alerts, re-checked every six hours. Hunting and fishing seasons and limits are the refuge regulation's and Nevada's: each page links them, and none are restated here.
California national wildlife refuges map
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
| Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge | Contra Costa County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Kern County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge | Tulare County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge | Del Norte County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | Imperial County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Modoc County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Riverside County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | Colusa County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delevan National Wildlife Refuge | Colusa County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Alameda County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge | Santa Cruz County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge | San Francisco County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge | San Luis Obispo County | Yes | Not on record | No | No | Yes |
| Havasu National Wildlife Refuge | San Bernardino County | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge | Ventura County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Humboldt County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | No |
| Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | Imperial County | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kern National Wildlife Refuge | Kern County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | Siskiyou County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Marin County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| Merced National Wildlife Refuge | Merced County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Modoc National Wildlife Refuge | Modoc County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pixley National Wildlife Refuge | Tulare County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | Colusa County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | Glenn County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge | Monterey County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | No |
| San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge | San Diego County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | San Diego County | No | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public | Closed to the public |
| San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | Stanislaus County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| San Luis National Wildlife Refuge | Merced County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge | Sonoma County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge | Imperial County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | Sacramento County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | Sutter County | Part of the year | Not on record | No | No | Yes |
| Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge | San Diego County | Yes | Not on record | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Siskiyou County | Yes | Not on record | Yes | Yes | Yes |