Kern National Wildlife Refuge

California

National Wildlife Refuge

About Kern National Wildlife Refuge

Kern National Wildlife Refuge is a 11,249-acre (45.52 km2) protected area located in the southern portion of California's San Joaquin Valley, 20 miles (32 km) west of the city of Delano. Situated on the southern margin of what was once the largest freshwater wetland complex known as Tulare Lake in the western United States, Kern National Wildlife Refuge provides an optimum wintering habitat for migratory birds with an emphasis on waterfowl and water birds.

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Catalog facts

Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Peaks and destinations

No catalog destinations are linked to this area yet.

Routes through here

No public routes are linked to this area yet.