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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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Perfect Conditions for the Annual Trout Season Opener

18 April | by steve.gonzalez@wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is kicking off the annual trout season opener with freshly stocked lakes, and with the mild weather it’s a great time to take advantage of an annual California tradition. The 2024 opener starts Saturday, April 27, one hour before sunrise throughout many counties in the state.

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CDFW Releases 500,000 Juvenile Salmon into Klamath River

18 April | by Peter.Tira@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week successfully released approximately 500,000 juvenile salmon into the Klamath River just below the Iron Gate Dam.

Spring Weather Is Coming, and With It Some Very Hungry Bears: Keep Tahoe Bears Wild!

15 April | by Peter.Tira@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

The snow will melt soon in the Lake Tahoe region and winter will give way to a busy spring for area wildlife. Bears that have been wintering in their dens will emerge soon and they will be hungry!

California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce Seizes $53M Worth of Unlicensed Cannabis

11 April | by Janice.Mackey@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

The Governor’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce seized more than $53,620,600 million in illegal cannabis in the first quarter of this calendar year.

PFMC Recommends Repeat Closure for California’s 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries

10 April | by steve.gonzalez@wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) acted unanimously to recommend closure of California’s commercial and recreational ocean salmon fisheries through the end of the year, mirroring recommendations made last year to close the fisheries in 2023.

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Emergency Actions for Streams and Rivers

Notice Concerning Emergency Actions in Streams, Lakes, and Rivers

Purchase a License, Report Harvests

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Report Poachers and Polluters

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Perfect Conditions for the Annual Trout Season Opener

CDFW Releases 500,000 Juvenile Salmon into Klamath River

Spring Weather Is Coming, and With It Some Very Hungry Bears: Keep Tahoe Bears Wild!

California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce Seizes $53M Worth of Unlicensed Cannabis

PFMC Recommends Repeat Closure for California’s 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries

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Perfect Conditions for the Annual Trout Season Opener

CDFW Releases 500,000 Juvenile Salmon into Klamath River

Spring Weather Is Coming, and With It Some Very Hungry Bears: Keep Tahoe Bears Wild!

California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce Seizes $53M Worth of Unlicensed Cannabis

PFMC Recommends Repeat Closure for California’s 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries

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