Canebrake Ecological Reserve

Canebrake Ecological Reserve is a 6,700-acre (27 km2) nature reserve in the South Fork Valley of Kern County, 20 miles (32 km) east of Lake Isabella, California. It is located in the Southern Sierra Nevada region.

Canebrake Ecological Reserve
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Access gate along SR 178
LocationKern County, California
Nearest cityRidgecrest
Coordinates35°43′40″N 118°10′26″W
Area6,700 acres (27 km2)
Established1996
Governing bodyCalifornia Department of Fish and Game

Historian Wallace M. Morgan, in History of Kern County, California, wrote that the South Fork Valley was the first area settled around 1846, and described the valley as "a fertile strip of bottomland that forms the most important of the mountain farming districts." The first acreage purchased for reserve was part of the 129-year-old Bloomfield Ranch.

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