Land Management Planning

It is DFG policy to write management plans for its Wildlife Areas and Ecological Reserves. Fish and Game Code section 1019 requires the Department to draft plans for any property wholly under its jurisdiction that is purchased after January 1, 2002 within a certain time frame.

Management plans are written to provide the necessary information for consistent and effective management of DFG lands, fulfill environmental analysis requirements, and support operational and infrastructural funding The Department has expended tremendous effort toward land management planning within the last several years and has received funding from recent bond acts to help accomplish this mandate. Many new properties are undergoing planning efforts, while other existing plans are being revised based on recent parcel additions, updated land management practices or any other substantive changes needed to update the original plan.

Recent Management Plans

• Notice for Determination for the Final Land Management Plan for the Mouth of Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area in Shasta and Tehama Counties
• Notice of Availability and Intent to Consider an Initial Study/Negative Declaration for the Draft Napa Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area Land Management Plan.
• Notice of Determination for the Final Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area Land Management Plan in Sierra and Lassen Counties, California
• Sacramento River Wildlife Area Land Management Plan
• Notice of Determination for the Final San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area Land Management Plan
• Notice of Availability and Intent to Consider an Initial Study/NegativeDeclaration for the Draft Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area Land Management Plan, Butte and Glenn Counties, California.
• Notice of Determination for the Final Antelope Valley and Smithneck Creek Wildlife Areas Land Management Plan (LMP) in Sierra County, California
• Notice of Determination for the Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area Land Management Plan (LMP)
• Initial Study/Negative Declaration for Cosumnes River Preserve Management Plan
• Notice of Determination for the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Land Management Plan in Yolo County, California.
• Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve Land Management Plan and Initial Study Public Meeting
• Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve Final Land Management Plan and Environmental Impact Report
• Notice of Availability and intent to adopt an Initial Study/ Negative Declaration for the draft Cañada de los Osos Ecological Reserve Land Management Plan
• Cedar Roughs Wildlife Area Final Management Plan
• Notice of Determination for the Final Land Management Plan for the Heenan Lake Wildlife Area
• Knoxville Wildlife Area Final Management Plan
• Notice of Determination for the Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area Land Management Plan
• Notice of Availability and Intent to Adopt an Initial Study/Negative Declaration for the Draft North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve Land Management Plan