The CalFlora Database

The CalFlora website provides a searchable database of over 8000 plants and dozens of habitats. The search parameters allow you to limit your searches in a variety of ways, including county, elevation, and rarity.

CalPhotos: UC Berkeley

Over 20,000 images of California plants from the California Native Plant Society and the California Academy of Sciences have been put into a searchable database as part of the Manzanita and UC Berkeley Digital Library Projects. The images link to data from CalFlora that provides distribution maps and other information.

CERES: California Environmental Resources Evaluation System

A wide variety of information on Sacramento County and the Sacramento Valley including demographics, endangered species lists, maps, water resources, vegetation, and habitats.

i-bird.com Species List

This website lists the various bird species of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex along with graphical information on their relative abundance.

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Located 50 to 90 miles north of the city of Sacramento, the Sacramento NWR Complex consists of 6 national wildlife refuges for a total of 52,930 acres in the Central Valley of California. The Refuges serve as a resting and feeding area for nearly half the migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway. This website contains information on the species contained in the Complex as well as information on wildlife viewing and photography opportunities

Sacramento River Conservation Area

This website is dedicated to the riparian habitat along the Sacramento River. It features photographs and descriptions of the major habitat types and vegetation along the river riparian corridor. Descriptions are brief, but the photographs are very nice. Navigate to the "River Riparian Corridor" link on the homepage.

Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon

The Sacramento River winter-run salmon were classified as endangered in 1994. At this site you can view detailed maps of the ranges of all runs of the chinook salmon. You can also access a summary of the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) reasons for placing the Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon on the endangered species list.

Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon

A simple, but informative website containing various government documents including the "1996 Winter Chinook Biological Assessment for Ocean Harvest" and the "1997 Proposed Recovery Plan". Most interesting is the picture/diagram of the Chinook Salmon and the corresponding information on how to identify this species versus the Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Sacramento District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and The Reclamation Board of the State of California are jointly leading the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins Comprehensive Study to develop and begin to implement master plans that will increase flood protection and improve the ecosystem of major rivers and tributaries in the Central Valley. Copies of their preliminary reports are available on this site.

U.S. Geological Survey

A U.S. Geological Survey report identifying native fish species still common in the Sacramento River Basin. Twenty-two sites in the Sacramento River Basin were sampled from 1996 to 1998 to characterize fish communities and their relation to water quality and habitat quality. You will need Adobe Acrobat to access the report.

U.S. Geological Survey - News Release

A November 2000 press release summarizing the findings of the U.S. Geological Survey report mentioned above.

Association of State Water Project Agencies. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: A Summary of Facts. Sacramento, CA: Association of State Water Project Agencies, 1979. Biodiv REF GB596 .D44 A75 1979.

California Department of Water Resources. Sacramento River Bank Protection Project Phase II, Unit 41A Environmental Impact Report. Sacramento, CA: Flood Project Analysis Section, 1987. Main TC425 .S25 S32 1987.

California Department of Water Resources. 1990 Working Papers of the Food Chain Group. Sacramento, CA: Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary, 1991. Main QH105 .C2 A15 1991.

California Department of Water Resources. Working Conceptual Model for the Food Web of the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary: An Essay. Sacramento, CA: Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary, 1995. Main QH105 .C2 W67 1995

Hallock, Richard J. Migrations of Adult King Salmon, Oncorhyncus tshawytscha in the San Joaquin Delta, as Demonstrated by the Use of Sonic Tags. Sacramento, CA: Department of Fish and Game, 1970. Main Serials SH11 .C27 no. 151.

Heaser, Eileen. Sacramento River & Delta Area: A Bibliography. Sacramento, CA: California State University Sacramento, 1982. REF Wild California TC425 .S25 C34 1982.

Kramer, Kathy. Teaching about the San Francisco Bay and Delta: An Activities and Resource Guide. Richmond, CA: Aquatic Habitat Institute, 1991. Biodiv F868 .S156 K72 1991.

Kramer, Kathy and Michael May. Teaching about the San Francisco Bay and Delta: An Activities and Resource Guide. Richmond, CA: Aquatic Habitat Institute, 1993. Biodiv REF F868 .S156 K72 1993.

MacCoy, Dorene E. Trace Elements and Organic Compounds in Streambed Sediment and Aquatic Biota from the Sacramento River Basin, California, October and November. Sacramento, CA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1999. Main GB701 .W37 no. 99-4151.

Oswald, Vernon N. A Flora of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Willows, CA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1995. Botany QK149.6 .G5 O78 1995.

Reynolds, Forrest L., Robert L. Reavis and Jim Schuler. Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead Restoration and Enhancement Plan. Sacramento, CA: State of California Resources Agency; Department of Fish and Game, 1990. Biodiv REF SH222 .C3 C45 1990.

Skinner, John E. Ecological Studies of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary. Sacramento, CA: U.S. Resources Agency of California, Department of Fish and Game, 1972. Steinhart Aquarium QH541.5 .D38 C2 no.8.

State of the Estuary Conference. State of the Estuary, 1992-1997: Vital Statistics, New Science, Environmental Management: San Francisco Bay-Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. Oakland, CA: San Francisco Estuary Project, 1997. Biodiv QH105 .C2 S72 1997.

Materials with call numbers beginning Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, or Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.