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News Releases, 2022-Present

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A black bear moves through the wild landscape.

The Tahoe Interagency Bear Team (TIBT) is a collective of bear experts across federal, state and local agencies who study and understand bears and have devoted much of their professional lives to ensure the health and well-being of the Lake Tahoe Basin’s black bears.

Categories:   Bears, Human Wildlife Conflict, Public Safety, Species
Tule elk on the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve. Photo by CDFW1.jpg

Due to impacts of the Madre Fire that burned last month on CDFW’s Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve (ER) in San Luis Obispo County, certain hunting opportunities will not take place.

Categories:   Big Game, Fire, Hunting, Lands, Public Safety, Wildfire, Wildlife
A commercial fishing boat works the ocean waters.

State health agencies determined that Pacific sardine sampled off Southern California contained elevated levels of domoic acid and recommended a fishery restriction for Southern California for the commercial and recreational take of sardine for human consumption in the area.

Categories:   Fishing, Marine, Public Safety
A dark-colored gray wolf rests after being captured, collared and released.

As California’s gray wolf population grows, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is advancing the state’s management of this species and further supporting communities where they are known to reside.

Categories:   Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Scientific Study, Wolves
A buck deer watches as a hillside burns from a wildfire.

CDFW has issued guidance on how best to help wildlife during major fire events such as those taking place currently in Los Angeles County.

Categories:   Bears, Big Game, Deer, Environment, Human Wildlife Conflict, Public Safety, Wildfire, Wildlife, Wildlife Health

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