Sacramento County
WHF maintains 11 preserves within Sacramento County.
Barrett Ranch Preserve
Fieldstone Meadows Preserve
Fox Creek Detention Basin Preserve
Fox Creek Drainage Corridor Preserve
Montalena Preserve
South Stone Lake
Sunridge Park Preserve
Werre Ranch
Cosumnes Floodplain Mitigation Bank
Laguna Terrace East Conservation Bank
Twin Cities Conservation Bank and Preserve
Sacramento County lies in the southern end of the Sacramento Valley and extends westward to the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, including parts of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. To the east, Sacramento County borders the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The city of Sacramento is the largest community in the County.
Barrett Ranch Preserve
The Barrett Ranch Preserve consists of 1.06 acres of drainage channel, wetlands, and adjacent grassland buffers in the community of Antelope. Although the Preserve is surrounded by suburban residential development, it supports a strip of willows that provide wildlife habitat not otherwise available in the area. WHF manages the Preserve to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
 Grasslands |
Fieldstone Meadows Preserve
The 3.7-acre Fieldstone Preserve is located in the city of Folsom and supports wetland and adjacent grassland habitat. A variety of birds that prefer grasslands and urban developments use the Preserve. Grasses and thatch are controlled by periodic livestock grazing using goats and sheep. The preserve is managed by the Wildlife Heritage Foundation to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
 Wetlands |
Fox Creek Detention Basin Preserve
The 2.4-acre Fox Creek Basin Preserve is located in the community of Rio Linda and was created to offset impacts to wetlands from residential projects in the area. The Preserve includes a small amount of riparian habitat in Fox Creek and created wetland habitats that also serve as stormwater detention. The Preserve also has upland, wetland, and riparian plantings that are not yet mature. WHF is the manager of the Preserve and ensures compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
 Riparian |
Wetlands |
Grasslands |
 Woodlands |
Fox Creek Drainage Corridor Preserve
The 1.7-acre Fox Creek Drainage Preserve is located adjacent to and upstream of the Fox Creek Basin Preserve. It consists of the modified channel of Fox Creek with adjacent upland vegetation. Because of urban runoff, the channel supports marsh vegetation. Very little riparian vegetation is present, although riparian woodland habitat has been planted on the upper banks of the channel.
Montalena Preserve
The Montelena preserve consists of 50 acres of annual grassland with a large vernal pool and vernal swale complex located in the city of Rancho Cordova. The vernal pools in the Preserve are known to support slender Orcutt grass, Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop, legenere, and vernal pool tadpole shrimp. The Preserve is managed by the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, and is monitored by the Wildlife Heritage Foundation to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
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Wetlands |
 Vernal Pools |
South Stone Lake
Giant Garter Snake Mitigation Preserve
The South Stone Lake Giant Garter Snake Preserve is located in southwestern Sacramento County west of Interstate 5 and south of Hood-Franklin Road. The 129-acre Preserve consists of created freshwater wetlands and open water that provide habitat for the federally-listed giant garter snake. The marsh and open water areas also provide habitat for a wide variety of waterfowl during the winter. Wildlands, Inc. owns and manages the Preserve, and the Wildlife Heritage Foundation monitors the site to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
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Wetlands |
Grasslands |
Species Found Within this Preserve
 Giant Garter Snake |
Sunridge Park Preserve
The Sunridge Park Preserve is a small, 6.4-acre Preserve supporting grassland and vernal pool and vernal swale wetlands in the city of Rancho Cordova. Although the Preserve is not known to support special-status species, common grassland species have been observed using the property, which is managed by the Sacramento Valley Conservancy. The Wildlife Heritage Foundation provides oversight to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
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Wetlands |
Vernal Pools |
Werre Ranch
The Werre South Preserve is located in central Sacramento County east of the city of Elk Grove. The 44-acre preserve has grasslands and a large vernal pool and vernal swale complex. The vernal pools at Werre Ranch support the vernal pool fairy shrimp and vernal pool tadpole shrimp. The Preserve is managed by the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, with oversight from the Wildlife Heritage Foundation to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.
Habitats Found Within this Preserve
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Wetlands |
Vernal Pools |
Cosumnes Floodplain Mitigation Bank
The Cosumnes Floodplain Mitigation Bank is located in western Sacramento County at the confluence of the Mokelumne River and Cosumnes River. The 472-acre Bank is owned and Managed by Westervelt Ecological Services and supports riparian and wetland habitats. It is authorized to sell credits for a variety of habitats, including floodplain mosaic wetlands, floodplain riparian habitat, shaded riverine aquatic habitat, and riparian forest. The riparian forests and wetlands provide habitat for a wide variety of birds and other wildlife.
Laguna Terrace East Conservation Bank
The Laguna Terrace East Conservation Bank is located in eastern Sacramento County south of the community of Rancho Murieta. The 200-acre Bank is mostly rolling grassland, although stands of riparian cottonwoods are growing in abandoned mining tailings. Vernal pools and vernal swales form a complex in the grasslands. A few pools support the vernal pool fairy shrimp. The Bank is owned and managed by Wildlands, Inc. and sells vernal pool preservation and Swainson's hawk credits.
Twin Cities Conservation Bank and Preserve
The 255-acre Twin Cities Conservation Bank and Preserve is located in southern Sacramento County west of State Highway 99 and north of the city of Galt. The bank is mostly annual grassland, but it also has a vernal pool and vernal swale complex, seasonal wetlands, and riparian habitat. It is owned and managed by Wildlands, Inc. and is authorized to sell mitigation credits for vernal pool creation and preservation and Swainson's hawk habitat. In addition, sandhill cranes have been observed on the Preserve during the winter and some vernal pools support populations of the vernal pool fairy shrimp and vernal pool tadpole shrimp. The Wildlife Heritage Foundation monitors the Preserve to ensure compliance with the Conservation Easement.