Staten Island (California)
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| name = Staten Island
| image = Staten Island (California).png
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| image_caption = USGS aerial imagery of the island.
| image_alt = An aerial photograph of an island covered in farmland and surrounded by rivers.
| pushpin_map = United States Sacramento Delta#USA California#USA
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| coordinates = {{coord|38.164362|-121.516342|region:US-CA_source:gnis-235405|display=it}}
| location = Northern California
| waterbody = Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
| area_acre = 9100
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| country = United States
| country_admin_divisions_title = State
| country_admin_divisions = {{flag|California}}
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County
| country_admin_divisions_1 = San Joaquin
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File:Farms-in-the-San-Francisco-Bay-Delta (cropped, Staten Island).jpg, Andrus Island and Grand Island.]]
Staten Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty-five kilometres northwest of Stockton. The {{convert|3700|ha|abbr=on}} is bordered on the east and south by South Mokelumne River, and on the west and north by North Mokelumne River. It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 38.
The island is privately owned by the Nature Conservancy.{{Cite web|title=Staten Island|url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/staten-island/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=The Nature Conservancy|language=en-US}} It is a popular stopping point for migratory sandhill cranes.{{Cite news|last=Ortiz|first=Edward|date=2014-11-08|title=Cranes crowd Staten Island as other Valley habitat dries up|work=Sacramento Bee|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article3657494.html|access-date=2021-12-02}}
See also
References
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| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86383143/high-water/
| date = 1882-06-01
| page = 3
| title = High Water
| newspaper = The Mail
| location = Stockton, California
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| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86177425/pheasant-season-ends-sunday/
| date = 1967-11-27
| page = 8
| title = Pheasant Season Ends Sunday
| newspaper = The Desert Sun
| location = Palm Springs, California
}}
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86177468/pheasant-kill-rises-over-66/
| date = 1967-11-28
| page = 8
| title = Pheasant Kill Rises Over '66
| newspaper = Oroville Mercury Register
| location = Oroville, California
}}
| url = https://www.sjgov.org/uploadedfiles/sjc/departments/lafco/msr-soi/final%20san%20joaquin%20reclamation%20%20districts%20msr%20w%20exhibits_v2reduced.pdf
| title = Municipal Service Review: Selected San Joaquin County Reclamation Districts
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| website = San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission
| publisher = E Mulberg & Associates
| date = 18 March 2018
| access-date = 24 February 2021
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{{Islands of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River delta}}
{{San Francisco Bay watershed}}
{{Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta}}
Category:Islands of San Joaquin County, California
Category:Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Category:Islands of Northern California
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