Joice Island
Map SatelliteJoice Island is one of the two units of the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area and lies in the Suisun Marsh. The area is primarily freshwater and brackish-water marsh, with some open water. The rare plant Cicuta maculata var. bolanderi may occur on the island.
There is a great blue heron, Ardea herodias, rookery on the island.
Integrity: There are artificial levees and the area is managed for waterfowl.
Use: Research, educational, observational, hunting, fishing.
October 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman