Spenceville Wildlife Area
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Geography
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Natural history
Spenceville is a foothill oak woodland of Blue oak (Quercus douglasii) and Foothill gray pine (Pinus sabiniana), and a grassland habitat. It is notable for many species of native birds and wildflowers, including the California endemic Yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus).[3]
The geology of the Spenceville area is part of the Smartville Block formed during the Middle Jurassic epoch 200 million years ago. The Smartville Block is a part of the California Mother Lode for gold, and consequently Spenceville has had its share of mining activity.[1] Cleanup from copper and zinc mining continues to this day.[4]
The area was originally home to the Maidu and Nisenan Native Americans and evidence of their grinding holes and lodge pits still exist.[1]
Recreation
Spenceville hosts a variety of activities: hiking, biking, hunting, hunting dog field trials, target shooting, camping, equestrian trail riding, birding, and primitive camping.[1] A popular trail leads to a double waterfall called Fairy Falls (a.k.a. Beale Falls, Shingle Falls, or Dry Creek Falls). There can be a high level of rattlesnakes seasonally.
Conservation
The Spenceville Wildlife Area may be environmentally impacted by the Waldo Dam Project proposed by the Yuba County Water Agency, and by housing development proposed between Beale Air Force Base and the wildlife area.
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d e DFW.ca.gov: Spenceville Wildlife Area
- ↑ Spenceville State Wildlife Area
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Consrv.ca.gov: Spenceville Wildlife Area mine site cleanup, State of California. 2007.
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- Nature reserves in California
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife areas
- Protected areas of Yuba County, California
- Protected areas of Nevada County, California
- Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- 1968 establishments in California
- Protected areas established in 1968