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CDFW Celebrates California Biodiversity Day with More Than 200 Events Statewide

6 September | by Peter.Tira@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

Sept. 7 is California Biodiversity Day, an annual event marking the anniversary of the launch of the California Biodiversity Initiative in 2018. California is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and is one of 36 global biodiversity hotspots — areas containing exceptional concentrations of plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet.

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CDFW Wildlife Areas Prepared to Welcome Dove Hunters Sept. 1

29 August | by Peter.Tira@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

With select fields plowed, planted, mowed or otherwise primed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is prepared to welcome dove hunters to many of its wildlife areas for the Sept. 1 season opener.

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Klamath River Fishery Plan Calls for Wild, Self-Sustaining Salmon, Steelhead Populations in Newly Undammed River

29 August | by Peter.Tira@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,” a 60-page blueprint to guide the reintroduction and monitoring of Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey in a newly undammed Klamath River.

September 2024 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar

28 August | by Amanda.L.McDermott@wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

September 2024 CDFW Calendar of Events

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CDFW Seeks Public Comment Related to White Sturgeon

23 August | by Krysten.Kellum@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has initiated a status review for white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and hereby solicits data and comments on the petitioned action to list this species as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act.

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Notice Concerning Emergency Actions in Streams, Lakes, and Rivers

Advance notification is not required for emergency work in streams, lakes, and rivers carried out pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 1610. Typical emergency projects have been immediate actions during or immediately after an emergency to repair, in kind, a structure or facility, or to remove debris. Individuals must notify CDFW in writing within 14 days after beginning the emergency work.

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CDFW Celebrates California Biodiversity Day with More Than 200 Events Statewide

CDFW Wildlife Areas Prepared to Welcome Dove Hunters Sept. 1

Klamath River Fishery Plan Calls for Wild, Self-Sustaining Salmon, Steelhead Populations in Newly Undammed River

September 2024 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar

CDFW Seeks Public Comment Related to White Sturgeon

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CDFW Celebrates California Biodiversity Day with More Than 200 Events Statewide

CDFW Wildlife Areas Prepared to Welcome Dove Hunters Sept. 1

Klamath River Fishery Plan Calls for Wild, Self-Sustaining Salmon, Steelhead Populations in Newly Undammed River

September 2024 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar

CDFW Seeks Public Comment Related to White Sturgeon

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Notice Concerning Emergency Actions in Streams, Lakes, and Rivers

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