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As snow melts across the Lake Tahoe region, black bears have emerged from their dens and are searching for food, signaling the start of a busy spring season for wildlife.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been investigating increased reports of debilitated and dead seabirds on California beaches. Of the birds examined, nearly all have been younger birds that are emaciated, sometimes with opportunistic fungal respiratory infection and/or heavy parasitism, or with secondary injuries.

CDFW recently completed helicopter capture operations resulting in the satellite collaring of five gray wolves in northern California.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is excited to announce the State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) 2025 update is complete and can be found on the CDFW SWAP webpage. California’s SWAP, which is mandated by Congress and updated at least every 10 years, provides a comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy that is achieved through various conservation projects executed statewide.

Wild pigs in the Monterey County area were exposed to pesticide bait containing the anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone, according to findings by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Wildlife Health Lab and the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory in Davis