Honey Lake State Wildlife Area (Flemming Unit)
USA /
California /
Susanville /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Susanville
wetland, nature conservation park / area, wildlife protection/conservation
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Honey Lake Wildlife Area is approximately 7,600 acres of sagebrush habitat surrounding a shallow lake in the Great Basin Desert. Alkali-tolerant vegetation lines the banks. This wetland supports many migratory birds including tundra swans. There are excellent opportunities to see hundreds of migratory and nesting waterfowl, birds of prey, and passerines, sandhill cranes, beavers, pronghorn antelope, and deer. The area includes the Dakin and Fleming Units.
The property was designated as a wildlife area by the Fish and Game Commission in 1953. Over the past hundred years, the Honey Lake Valley has been severely impacted by agriculture. Before the Department’s acquisition of the land, the ranches were devoted to the production of grain, alfalfa, meadow hay and livestock. The rangelands, wetlands and harvested fields were used for livestock grazing. Prior to settlement, Native Americans of the Northern Paiute group used the valley extensively.
The property was designated as a wildlife area by the Fish and Game Commission in 1953. Over the past hundred years, the Honey Lake Valley has been severely impacted by agriculture. Before the Department’s acquisition of the land, the ranches were devoted to the production of grain, alfalfa, meadow hay and livestock. The rangelands, wetlands and harvested fields were used for livestock grazing. Prior to settlement, Native Americans of the Northern Paiute group used the valley extensively.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°20'21"N 120°17'25"W
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- Yolo Bypass 212 km
- Suisun Marsh 282 km
- Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge 403 km
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge 1548 km
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge - South 1879 km
- Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge 2618 km
- Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge 2717 km
- Maurepas Swamp WMA (Western Tract) 2887 km
- Maurepas Swamp WMA (Eastern Tract) 2900 km
- Honey Lake 12 km
- Sierra Army Depot 20 km
- Military Explosives Storage 22 km
- Former Frenchman Creek Camp (site) 50 km
- Eagle Lake 51 km
- Mountain Meadow Reservoir 58 km
- Smoke Creek Desert 60 km
- Grasshopper Valley Lake 63 km
- Sutcliffe, Nevada 71 km
- Pyramid Lake 72 km