Grasslands
Los Banos, CA 93635
Plan Your Visit
The Grasslands WMA consists mostly of individual private lands and as these lands are privately-held, there is no public access onto them. Grasslands WMA includes several fee-title refuge units; information about those units can be found on the San Luis NWR website (West Bear Creek, East Bear Creek, Blue Goose) and the Merced NWR website (Arena Plains, Snobird).For public visitation opportunities, please explore the San Luis NWR, Merced NWR, and San Joaquin River NWR.
Other Facilities in the Complex
Grasslands WMA is part of the San Luis NWR Complex. A national wildlife refuge complex is an administrative grouping of two or more refuges, wildlife management areas or other refuge conservation areas that are primarily managed from a central office location. Refuges are grouped into a complex structure because they occur in a similar ecological region, such as a watershed or specific habitat type, and have a related purpose and management needs. Typically, a project leader or complex manager oversees the general management of all refuges within the complex and refuge managers are responsible for operations at specific refuges. Supporting staff, composed of administrative, law enforcement, refuge manager, biological, fire, visitor services, and maintenance professionals, are centrally located and support all refuges within the complex.
Other units in the San Luis NWR Complex include the San Luis NWR, Merced NWR, and San Joaquin River NWR.
Locations
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
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(209) 826-3508 C/O San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex 7376 S Wolfsen Rd Los Banos, CA 93635
Please note that the above map is automatically generated and incorrect. The lands shown on this map are not part of the Grasslands WMA; these lands are parcels of the San Luis NWR and Merced NWR that are not open to the public. The Grasslands WMA consists of individual private lands and as these lands are privately-held, there is no public access onto them. For public visitation opportunities on similar nearby lands, please explore the San Luis NWR, Merced NWR, and San Joaquin River NWR.
Services
About
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area, established in 1979 in Merced County, California, consists primarily of privately-owned lands protected by perpetual conservation easements. These easements preserve nearly 95,000 acres of wetland and grassland habitats critical to Pacific Flyway waterfowl, including 30% of the Central Valley's remaining wetlands. While part of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex, the WMA lands are mostly privately held with no public access, aimed at preventing land conversion while maintaining landowner control.