Coachella Valley
Calipatria, CA 92233-9744
Plan Your Visit
The Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge is closed to the public, in order to protect endangered species that call this place home. To visit this place and learn more about the area, visit our partners at the Center for Natural Lands Management and at the Coachella Valley Preserve located nearby.
Locations
Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
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(760) 348-5278 C/O Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Complex 906 West Sinclair Road Calipatria, CA 92233-9744
The Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge is managed from offices located at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, in Calipatria, California.
Services
About
The 3,709-acre refuge is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in conjunction with the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The preserve is cooperatively managed by several organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Bureau of Land Management, and the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Both the refuge and the preserve protect the only remaining undeveloped sand dune ecosystem within the Coachella Valley, which is home to one of the most ecologically diverse communities in North American deserts. Many of the rare plants and animals found here have evolved to be entirely dependent on this dynamic blow-sand habitat.