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The Audubon Kern River Preserve is a riparian nature reserve owned by the National Audubon Society in the US state of California, near Weldon in Kern County. The preserve is located in one of the largest contiguous riparian forests remaining in the state.〔( Smith, Robert J. Private Conservation Case Study ''The Kern River Preserve'' ) December 1996〕 The 〔("80-acres Protected as Pond Ranch becomes part of the Kern River Preserve" )〕 preserve provides habitat for rare and Audubon's endangered birds, one of which is the federally listed endangered southwestern willow flycatcher,〔(US Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Profile )〕 a subspecies of the willow flycatcher. The preserve is located within a designated Globally Important Bird Area, a program of the National Audubon Society with its partner BirdLife International to identify and protect critical avian habitats.〔(Important Bird Areas in California ).〕 The South Fork Kern River, designated a national Wild and Scenic River since 1987.〔(National Wild and Scenic Rivers Program )〕 flows down the South Fork Valley, through the Kern River Preserve and then into Lake Isabella. The South Fork is the source for irrigation water for agriculture and the rare riparian forests of the valley. The river's upper reaches have populations of golden trout, California's state fish. The golden trout is being reviewed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service for listing under the Endangered Species Act.〔(US Fish and Wildlife Service-Species Profile )〕 Scientific research studies are conducted at the Kern River Preserve, including the Grinnell Resurvey Project, a 2008-09 resurvey by University of California, Berkeley students of zoologist Joseph Grinnell's 1914 landmark survey of California species.〔( "Audubon assists UC Berkeley in an Historical Zoological Survey" ) Aubudon California, Kern River Preserve website.〕 The preserve features a visitor's center, a self-guided nature trail, monthly nature events, monthly volunteer work days and a variety of festivals during the year. ==History== The Preserve is located on the former cattle ranch of Andrew Brown, which dates to the 1860s. The ranch was bought by The Nature Conservancy in 1979 and the deed transferred to National Audubon Society in 1998.〔http://kern.audubon.org/about.htm About the Kern River Preserve〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kern River Preserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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