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Notice Regarding Fish and Game Code section 1610

Advance notification is not required for emergency work in streams, lakes, and rivers when carried out pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 1610. Typical emergency projects are immediate actions taken during or immediately after an emergency for the in-kind repair of a structure or facility, or to remove debris from a water course. Examples of emergency work that can take place without notifying CDFW in advance include immediate work necessary to protect life or property; emergency repairs to public facilities necessary to maintain service; and emergency projects to maintain, repair, or restore existing highways.

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Mouth of the Klamath River where it meets the ocean.

CDFW Announces Angling Closure at the Mouth of the Klamath River

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

The spit fishery at the mouth of the Klamath River will be closed to angling at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Based on CDFW projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook Salmon harvest, anglers will have met the “spit area” adult fall-run Chinook Salmon quota of 15 percent of the total Klamath River Basin recreational allocation of fish caught below the Highway 101 bridge.

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Bumble bee lifecycle illustration. CDFW illustration by Ashley Kammet

CDFW Publishes Guidance on Conserving CESA Candidate Bumble Bees

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

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has published a document intended to assist CDFW staff, project proponents and others in understanding where and when four bumble bee species that are candidates for listing under the California Endangered Species Act may be present on the landscape and provide examples of measures that may help avoid or minimize impacts to them.

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