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CA 4. Butte Basin. Acreage: 75,000. > 



Location: Sutter, Colusa, and Butte counties; Butte City and Sutter Buttes 

 quadrangles; 5 miles E of Colusa; reached via Rt. 20 and county roads. 



Description: Butte Basin comprises about 75,000 acres of wildlife habitat, but 

 the prime habitat, totaling about 25,000 acres, is found at the south end of the 

 basin where a complex of ponds, marsh, oxbows, and channels are maintained 

 by overflow waters from Butte Creek and the Sacramento River. It is one of the 

 most important wintering areas for waterfowl of the Pacific flyway. At times the 

 millions of ducks and hundreds of thousands of geese make up more than half of 

 all the waterfowl wintering in California. This prime habitat is being maintained 

 mostly by private duck clubs. 



References: Butte Basin, California, A report on fish and wildlife resources. 1954. 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon; Water requirements for the 

 waterfowl of Butte Basin, California. 1967. California Department of Fish and 

 Game, Sacramento. 



Encroachments: Reclamation and flood control plans by the U.S. Army Corps 

 of Engineers and the State Reclamation Board are a threat to this wetlands 

 habitat. 



Ownership: About 65 private landowners. 



Data source: Frank M. Kozlik, Department of Fish and Game, 1416 Ninth St., 

 Sacramento, Cal. 95814. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Mr. Philip H. Arend, Wildlife Consultant, 21 

 Buena Vista, Novato, Cal. 94947. 



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