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    • June 8, 2023
    Illegal cannabis plants with buds  in a grow house

    Cannabis enforcement taskforce conducts coordinated operation in Central Valley on May 11 and 12.

    Categories: Cannabis
    • June 7, 2023
    An overview of the Fremont Weir Adult Fish Passage, including the stream channel leading to the Sacramento River.

    Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters within the Yolo Bypass back to the Sacramento River thanks to the coordinated operation of the Fremont Weir Adult Fish Passage among the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), CDFW, NOAA Fisheries and Yolo County.

    Categories: Fisheries, Lands, Rare Species, Salmon
    • June 6, 2023
    beaver sitting in water with sun reflecting on water

    CDFW has implemented a new policy recognizing the ecological benefits of beavers while mitigating conflict over damage to land and property

    Categories: Habitat Restoration, Outreach, Species, Wildlife
    • June 1, 2023
    a group of 8 individuals on a road holding tools such as shovels to remove invasive species plants next to them

    CDFW invites everyone with an interest in natural resources to join us in recognizing California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW), Saturday, June 3 through Sunday, June 11.

    Categories: Education, General, Invasive Species
    • June 1, 2023
    Photo shows wolverine in snowy meadow in Yosemite National Park

    CDFW has confirmed that multiple sightings of what is believed to be the same wolverine occurred in May in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains

    Categories: Wildlife