San Jacinto Wildlife Area
The San Jacinto Wildlife Area (WA) is a 20,126-acre (8,145 ha; 31.447 mi2) wildlife preserve in the Inland Empire region of California in the United States managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
San Jacinto WA is made of up two discontinuous areas, one east of California State Route 79 called the Potrero Unit, and one between Gilman Springs Road (near the base of the San Jacinto Mountains) and Lake Perris State Recreation Area (which includes Mystic Lake). San Jacinto WA is part of an Audubon Society-designated Important Bird Area (IBA) of Global Concern. Over 300 species of birds have been observed at San Jacinto WA.
The Wildlife Area includes a constructed freshwater marsh that filters reclaimed water. Duck hunting (with a hunting license) has been permitted at San Jacinto annually since about 1993.
California in The Crosshairs – United We Stand
On Saturday, July 26, chapter leaders, Executive Committee members, Steering
Committee representatives, and conservation campaigners from across the state
gathered for a powerful summit, titled “California in the Crosshairs
Birds of the San Jacinto Valley
“Through this beautiful valley runs a good-sized river…on whose banks are large,
shady groves… A
Save Mystic Lake
Mystic Lake—one of Southern California’s most biologically significant inland wetlands—is protected as public conservation land, yet its future remains precarious.
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