Dos Palmas Preserve
| Dos Palmas | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1] | |
.jpg) Desert fan palms at Dos Palmas Preserve | |
  Location within California  Location within United States | |
| Location | Riverside County, California |
| Nearest city | Palm Springs, California |
| Coordinates | 33°27′59″N 115°50′51″W / 33.46648°N 115.84746°W |
| Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
Dos Palmas Preserve is a 14,000-acre (5,700 ha) wildlife preserve in the Colorado Desert in Riverside County, California, in the United States. The preserve is within the Salt Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern, and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It contains a large oasis and wetland habitat, with pools fed both by water seeping from the Coachella Canal and by artesian water from several springs, including the Dos Palmas Spring. Desert fan palms are abundant.[2]
Plants and wildlife
[edit]Endangered species at the preserve include the Yuma rail (a subspecies of Ridgway's rail), the desert pupfish and Orocopia sage; the black rail is on the state "threatened" list.[2] More common resident or migrant species that may be seen at the oasis include the American avocet, black-necked stilt, bufflehead, desert woodrat, flat-tail horned lizard, leaf-nosed bat, least bittern, osprey, lesser scaup and snowy egret. Loggerhead shrike, northern harrier and the prairie falcon are found in the surrounding desert.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Protected Area Profile for Dos Palmas Preserve Archived September 17, 2024, at the Wayback Machine from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c Dos Palmas Preserve Archived 2015-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. Bureau of Land Management, accessed April 12, 2015.