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Map Satellite At the southern end, where the East Walker River enters the Bridgeport Reservoir, there is an extensive region of marsh, mudflats and sloughs, creating perhaps the finest existing wetland habitat in the County. The dominant vegetation in the area is tules, Scirpus sp., and much of the marsh is a "quaking bog".
The area is favored by a number of birds; at least 118 species have been sighted here, nearly half of which are water-oriented. This is one of the two known sites west of the Rocky Mountains where the yellow rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis, nests. (The other was inundated by Lake Crowley.) Other birds of note include the bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus, and peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus anatum, both endangered, and the prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus.
Integrity: The adjacent area is extensively grazed by cattle. Nesting tubs have been erected for geese.
Use: Educational, research, observational.
April 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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