The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve is located on the ancestral land of the Mechoopda Indian Tribe and under the direction of Chico State Enterprises. Their mission is to work to preserve critical habitat and to provide a natural area for environmental research and education.
Forest Ranch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, California. It includes Forest Ranch Charter School, its own post office, and a CDF and Volunteer fire stations. Forest Ranch's population was 1,304 at the 2020 census.