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Tracie Reynolds
Open Space Program Manager
Community Development & Sustainability Department
23 Russell Boulevard
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 757-5669
Open Space Areas
The City's Open Space Program manages about 250 acres of open space for the public to enjoy. This open space includes riparian habitat, upland habitat, grassland/oak savannah habitat, hedgerows, agricultural buffers, and habitat nodes. Agricultural buffers are required for new developments under the City's agricultural buffer ordinance (Municipal Code Article 40A.01.050). All these open space areas are shown on the map below. The Davis Wetlands (#18 on the map below) and the North Davis Drainage Channel (#16 on the map below) are currently managed by the City's public works department and are not formally part of the City's Open Space Program.
Interactive Map
The new open space interactive map is now available! To access this new map, just click on the following link: open space interactive map. The interactive map includes updated and enhanced information about all the City's open space areas, conservation easements, and other publicly owned lands within the 100,000-acre Davis Planning Area. After you open the map, just click on the various open space areas to read site summaries, what you can do at each open space area, and what the area's rules and regulations are. You can also see photos of each open space area and find directions.
Open Space Areas
- Wildhorse Agricultural Buffer
- El Macero Agricultural Buffer
- South Fork Preserve
- Mace Ranch Park Habitat Area
- North Davis Upland Habitat Area
- Putah Creek Parkway
- Woodbridge/Willowbank Habitat Area
Hedgerows/Habitat Nodes
- Old Lincoln Highway Hedgerow
- North Davis Meadows Hedgerow
- Northwest Davis Detention Basin and Habitat Node
- Cottonwood Habitat Node
- Washoe Habitat Node
Public Works Facilities
- North Davis Drainage Channel
- Davis Wetlands
- Julie Partansky Pond
- West Area Pond
- Toad Hollow/Core Area Pond
- Mace Ranch Drainage Channel