Virtual Guidebook to the Sacramento Valley
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Tehama County California

Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area, on the Sacramento River near Colusa, preserves a stretch of impressive riparian forest.

Originally all California's watercourses were fringed with riparian forest, but most has been converted to agricultural use or destroyed by the construction of levees. This woodland consists of cottonwoods near the river, valley oaks further inland, as well as other species such as walnut and wild grapes. It was a rich habitat for Native Americans. A small campground here allows us to what life might have been like for them here under the towering trees.