Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, National wildlife refuge in Tulare County, California.

Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is a protected forest area in the Sierra Nevada with dense stands of ponderosa pine and incense cedar. The land covers steep mountain terrain where trees grow thickly across the landscape.

The refuge is one of four units of the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex for California condors. It lies within the 11,000-acre Blue Ridge Wildlife Habitat Area, a roosting area near historic nesting and foraging grounds. The refuge itself covers almost 900 acres of ponderosa pine and incense cedar forest. As of July 2014, 437 condors lived across California, Baja California and Arizona, including 68 free-flying birds managed by the US Fish & Wildlife Service in Southern California.

The refuge represents collaborative land management between federal agencies, state departments, and private owners to maintain essential California condor habitats.

Public access is limited to protect the natural environment. Visitors should check ahead about accessible areas and understand that much of this land is off-limits for conservation reasons.

The refuge covers almost 900 acres of ponderosa pine and incense cedar forest, but it sits inside a larger cooperatively managed Blue Ridge Wildlife Habitat Area of about 11,000 acres. Three principal private owners and four public owners share the land, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the USDA Forest Service and the California Department of Fish and Game.