Environment of California

Wetlands of California
Includes information and the official Web sites of more then 100 swampy areas and wetlands in many different parts of California.

California Environmental Protection Agency
Official Web site for the State of California's Environmental Protection Agency.

CERES Web Site
Official Web Site of the California Natural Resources Agency's California Environmental Resources Evaluation System.

Environment California Citizens Group

Interesting Environmental Facts About California:

California has more than 272 state parks, which is the most state parks in one state, in the nation.

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 600,000 acres, is the largest state park in the U.S.

Riverside was the first place to use a tree-lined divided avenue in the U.S.

The world's first oil tanker burnt and sank in Ventura in 1887 at the end of the Ventura Pier.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the largest protected sanctuary in the country.

California's 8 National Parks cover 4.1 million acres.

California's coastline is 1,264 miles long and has 420 public beaches.

Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, measuring 12 miles wide by 22 miles long, with a 72 mile long shoreline and a maximum depth of 1,645 feet.

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