Sacramento River Public Access Guide Now Available on the Web
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2004
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Chuck Nelson, Geographical Information Center
530-898-5969
Sacramento River Public Access Guide
Now Available on the Web
The Geographical Information Center at California State University, Chico has developed the Web-based Sacramento River Recreation and Public Access Guide (RecWeb). The guide offers an inventory of public lands and publicly accessible private property along a 150-mile stretch from Colusa to Redding.
The Sacramento River provides a wide range of recreational opportunities. On the Web site, visitors will find ways to access the river and adjoining public lands, which are home to a wide variety of fish, birds, mammals and other wildlife.
Many public and private agencies are involved with managing these natural resources. While each has a specific role, their sheer number, variety and overlapping boundaries can be confusing. The Sacramento River Recreation and Public Access Guide provides a way to help the public find its way through the many jurisdictions that manage land along the river.
In addition to access site information, the guide contains an “Issues and Education” link listing news and educational articles about the Sacramento River and a glossary which lists agency acronyms by searchable category. In addition, a “Sacramento River Atlas” has been added, which includes color aerial photography. The core of the atlas is an Arc Internet Map Server site with a series of easy-to-use GIS map layers from the California Department of Water Resources Sacramento River GIS archives.
Visitors to RecWeb can search for sites using criteria such as available launching ramps, sites with rest rooms, and hunting and fishing access. There are details on more than 100 federal, state, local and private agency sites located between Redding and Colusa. Many have public access, while some are conservation lands.
The site includes a photo gallery with photos by Geoff Fricker. Fricker’s award-winning Sacramento River photographs are found in many California museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
The Web-based public access guide is available at http://www.sacramentoriver.org. Contact Chuck Nelson, director, Geographical Information Center, at cwnelson@csuchico.edu for more information.
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