Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Sierra Nevada, in Tulare County, California

Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...

. The refuge is one of four units of the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of California.-Refuges within the complex:* Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge* Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge...

 for California condor

California Condor

The California Condor is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. Currently, this condor inhabits only the Grand Canyon area, Zion National Park, and coastal mountains of central and southern California and northern Baja California...

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Geography

The Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is part of the cooperatively-managed Blue Ridge Wildlife Habitat Area, an 11000 acres (44.5 km²) area set aside as an important roosting area located close to historic nesting and foraging habitat for the California condor. This refuge consists of almost 900 acres (3.6 km²) of coniferous forests dominated by Ponderosa Pine

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the Ponderosa Pine, Bull Pine, Blackjack Pine, or Western Yellow Pine, is a widespread and variable pine native to western North America. It was first described by David Douglas in 1826, from eastern Washington near present-day Spokane...

 and Incense Cedar.

Owners

There are three principal private owners, and four public owners:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Bureau of Land Management
  Bureau of Land Management
  The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
  
  
• USDA Forest Service
• California Department of Fish and Game
  California Department of Fish and Game
  The California Department of Fish and Game is a department within the government of California, falling under its parent California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Game manages and protects the state's diverse fish, wildlife, plant resources, and native habitats...
  
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