Due to elevation ranges from to 6, feet, the Preserve has an impressive array of landforms and habitats that serve as a critical landscape linkage and wildlife corridor between the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada.
On the San Joaquin Valley floor, the Preserve is a square-mile veritable sea of grasslands with remnant stands of saltbush. These grasslands are home to the endangered San Joaquin kit fox and blunt-nosed leopard lizard as well as one of the largest stands of the endangered Bakersfield cactus. Rolling grasslands rise from the valley floor, transitioning into classic California blue oak and valley oak savanna with extensive riparian wetlands.
The oak savanna ascends into juniper and pinyon forests that vault into stands of ponderosa pine and big cone spruce. Volunteers have played a major role in working with staff to restore this heroic landscape. Fourteen years of monthly work parties have removed invasive tamarisk from 30 miles of stream channels. Volunteers have made miles of boundary fencing antelope friendly, as well as make kit fox dens for the recruitment of kit foxes. And volunteers through school, family work parties, and collaborating organizations have planted tens of thousands of native trees and shrubs.
Join us for a free, family-friendly birding adventure at Wind Wolves Preserve! Explore educational booths and participate in guided birding hikes along San Emigdio Canyon Trail. Choose from a morning hike am โ pm or an afternoon hike pm โ pm. Booth activities run from am โ pm. Discover local birds, borrow binoculars, and learn how to contribute to community science projects!
Take any trash you make with you. Allow others a sense of discovery by leaving rocks, plants, archaeological artifacts and other objects of interest as you find them. Learn about wildlife through quiet observation. One of the most important components of outdoor ethics is to maintain courtesy toward other visitors. It helps everyone enjoy their outdoor experience.
