CDFW Using Helicopters to Survey Wildlife in Modoc, Lassen Counties
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has begun conducting a series of deer surveys in northern California this week using a helicopter. The survey work began Monday, Jan. 25 in Modoc...
View ArticleFebruary 2016 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar
Media Contact: Kyle Orr, CDFW Communications, (916) 322-8958 DATE — EVENT Various Days — Guided Wetland Tours, By Reservation, at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, 3207 Rutherford Road, Gridley (95948). A...
View ArticleCDFW Cites Major Accomplishments, Important Activities for 2015
A new wolf pack, a massive oil spill, wildlife encounters, restoration projects, nonlead ammunition and more were among the top issues that kept staff on their toes at the California Department of Fish...
View ArticleCDFW to Host Public Meeting on Ocean Salmon Fisheries
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites the public to attend its upcoming annual Ocean Salmon Information Meeting. A review of last year’s ocean salmon fisheries and spawning...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Approves Proposition 1 Water Projects
The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) has approved the first projects to be awarded funding through the Proposition 1 California Streamflow Enhancement Program (CSFEP). At its Feb. 18 meeting, the WCB...
View ArticleMarch 2016 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar
DATE — EVENT Various Days — Guided Wetland Tours, By Reservation, at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. A wildlife naturalist will lead your group, school or organization on a half-mile route through the...
View ArticleCDFW Seeks Public Comment Related to Tricolored Blackbird
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking public comment on a proposal to list the Tricolored Blackbird as a threatened or endangered species. The Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius...
View ArticleCDFW to Sell Hunting and Fishing Licenses, Answer Questions and More at Fred...
Four members of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) top leadership will participate in a panel at this weekend’s Fred Hall Show in Long Beach. Director Charlton H. Bonham, Acting...
View ArticleThe Future of Wildlife Is In Our Hands
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recognizes World Wildlife Day, declared by the United Nations (UN). On March 3, 2013 the UN General Assembly signed the Convention on International...
View ArticleCDFW Seeking Tips After Finding Desert Bighorn Skull
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officers are looking for any information the public may have regarding an abandoned skull of a mature male desert bighorn sheep found last May in...
View ArticleShasta County Hatchery Reopens
The Crystal Lake Hatchery in eastern Shasta County reopened to the public Thursday after being closed due to a major environmental restoration in nearby Rock Creek. Beginning in October 2015,...
View ArticleHunter Education Certification Course to be Offered in Bishop
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering a hunter education certification class on Saturday, March 26 in Bishop. Outdoor enthusiasts wishing to obtain a hunting license for the...
View ArticleCDFW Monitors Effect of Severe Drought on Wildlife
Stream- and Wetland-Dependent Species Most at Risk Amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal populations that depend on freshwater marsh, streamside habitat and wet meadows are struggling most to endure the...
View ArticleAnglers Urged to Return Overdue 2015 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reminding sturgeon anglers to return their 2015 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards as required by law. Although the deadline to report their catch...
View ArticleThere’s a Place for Wildlife on Your Tax Return
The deadline to file income tax returns is approaching. If you’re still working on yours, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds you that you can help save endangered plants and...
View ArticleSacramento River Closure to Go Into Effect April 1
A temporary emergency regulation closing all fishing within 5.5 miles of spawning habitat on the Upper Sacramento River begins on April 1, 2016 and will remain in effect through July 31, 2016. Enhanced...
View ArticlePublic Meeting to Discuss Proposition 1 Grant Proposal Solicitation to be...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will conduct a public meeting in Sacramento on Thursday, April 7 to present and seek public input and comments on the draft proposal solicitation...
View ArticleCalifornia Wildlife Officers Receive State’s Highest Honor, Medal of Valor
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officers Ryan Stephenson and Timothy Little received awards today at the 2016 Governor’s State Employee Medal of Valor Award Ceremony in Sacramento....
View ArticleCDFW Announces Latest Dungeness and Rock Crab Openings, Closures
Commercial and recreational rock crab fisheries are open along the mainland coast south of 36° 58.72′ N Latitude at Sand Hill Bluff, Santa Cruz County (approximately 9 miles north of Santa Cruz Harbor...
View ArticleSalmon Seasons Set for Ocean and Inland Waters
The California Fish and Game Commission adopted recreational ocean and inland salmon season regulations as presented by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on April 18. Ocean salmon...
View ArticleRecreational Pacific Halibut Fishery Opens May 1
California’s recreational Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) fishery season will open May 1. This year the fishery will be held to a federally established quota of 29,640 pounds. The open season...
View ArticleCommission Closes Recreational Razor Clam Fishery in Humboldt and Del Norte...
The California Fish and Game Commission on Monday voted 3-0 in favor of an emergency rulemaking to prohibit recreational take and possession of razor clam from Humboldt and Del Norte county beaches....
View ArticleGeneral Trout Season Opens Saturday
The general trout opener in many counties throughout California will commence on Saturday, April 30, one hour before sunrise. Because of the popularity of this annual event with the angling public, the...
View ArticleMap-based Sport Fishing Regulations Offers Ease of Use for Anglers
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched a beta release of an online location-based Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations tool to help anglers identify those regulations that...
View ArticleCDFW Biologists on High Alert for Signs of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is monitoring developments following the recent detection of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in a bat in Washington state. The disease has been...
View ArticleCDFW Rescue Efforts Save Listed Salmon, Steelhead and Sturgeon
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) biologists have rescued hundreds of fish — including dozens of endangered and threatened salmon, steelhead and sturgeon — that were stranded in...
View ArticleRecreational Dungeness crab Fishery Now Open Statewide, Commercial to Follow...
The last remaining stretch of coast is open to the recreational fishery today and will open to the commercial fishery on May 26, after a seven day notice period. Today the California Department of Fish...
View ArticleBoaters Can Help Combat Spread of Invasive Mussels Over Memorial Day Weekend
California agencies combatting the spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels remind boaters to remain cautious over Memorial Day weekend. Quagga and zebra mussels are invasive freshwater mussels...
View ArticleCaltrans and Fish and Wildlife Urge Motorists to Be Alert During Watch Out...
Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) remind motorists to remain alert for wildlife on roadways during Watch Out for Wildlife Week, which runs September 18-24. “We urge...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its Nov. 16 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $28 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California,...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its Feb. 23 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $10 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California,...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Streamflow Enhancement Projects
At its March 9 Streamflow Enhancement meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $20 million of Proposition 1 Funds in grants through the Streamflow Enhancement Program. The...
View ArticleThere’s Still Time to Help Wildlife With Your State Income Tax Return
With tax returns due April 18, time is running out, but you can still help California’s rare, threatened and endangered species when you file your state return. In the Voluntary Contributions section...
View ArticleCDFW Seeks Information Related to Lassics Lupine
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking information relevant to a proposal to list the Lassics lupine (Lupinus constancei) as an endangered species. There are two known...
View ArticleCDFW Seeks Information Related to Coast Yellow Leptosiphon
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking information relevant to a proposal to list coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus)—an annual wildflower—as an endangered species....
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its Aug. 24 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $24.5 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some...
View ArticleWatch Out for Wildlife Week Reminds Motorists to Slow Down & Be Alert
Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) remind motorists to remain alert for wildlife on roadways during Watch Out for Wildlife Week, which runs September 18-24.
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its Nov. 30 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $2.6 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some...
View ArticleProper Handling of Euthanized Animals Critical to Protect Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has confirmed three recent incidents of pentobarbital poisoning in raptors and would like to remind veterinarians and the public about proper...
View ArticleCalifornians Can Help Save Wildlife at Tax Time
You don’t have to own hiking boots or a fishing pole, or have a degree in environmental science to help wildlife. A click of your mouse or a stroke of your pen can help the California Department of...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Stream Flow Enhancement Projects
At a March 22 meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $33.1 million in grants for 22 projects to enhance stream flows to benefit fish and wildlife habitat throughout...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its May 24 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $13 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some of...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its Nov. 15 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $3.18 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some...
View ArticleTax Time is the Right Time to Help California’s Endangered Wildlife
As you gather your W-2 and other income tax paperwork, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) hopes you will consider helping our state’s endangered plants, animals and fish when you...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its March 7 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $8 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some of...
View ArticleTime’s Running Out for Your Tax Return and Endangered Wildlife
The deadline is looming… how many days left until April 15? Never enough. But you’ll get it done. And when you do, you can support California’s rare, threatened and endangered wildlife species. As you...
View ArticleCDFW Celebrates Earth Day
Monday, April 22 is the 49th annual Earth Day and the 2019 theme is “Protect Our Species.” The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) works to protect our state’s native species every day of...
View ArticleDeadly Bat Fungus Detected in California
The fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a deadly disease of bats, has been detected in low levels in California for the first time. Fungal DNA of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) was...
View ArticleWildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition...
At its Aug. 28 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $10.7 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some...
View ArticleDrivers Encouraged to be Alert and Aware During Watch Out for Wildlife Week
They aren’t watching out for you, so you need watch out for them. This time of year, the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions typically peak as animals start migrating to winter habitat, mating season...
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