Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve

Management Plan

The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER) is managed by Chico State Enterprises, for purposes of education, research, and natural resource protection. The BCCER contains diverse wildlife sustained in unique and critically important habitats. The BCCER also contains a number and variety of cultural resources, including historical sites and features indicative of exploration, mining, logging, homesteading, and ranching, as well as prehistoric sites and features representing ancient and historic Native American habitation and other land uses. In order to manage and preserve the resources for future research and interpretation, provisions are included in this plan for the protection of these resources. 

View the current Master Management Plan - 2011-2020 (PDF)