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2022-2024 News Releases

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  • August 8, 2024
White-fronted geese fly over the Sacramento Valley.

CDFW, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters on public land hunting programs in the northern Sacramento Valley. The meeting will also provide updates on habitat conditions, availability of water for wetlands, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and hunting access opportunities.

Categories: Hunting, Lands, Outreach, Waterfowl, Wildlife
  • July 25, 2024
Different species of wild ducks rest at the Yolo Basin Wildlife Area.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its 2024 waterfowl breeding population survey. The resulting data indicate the overall number of breeding ducks has decreased by 25 percent, while mallards decreased 12 percent, the most abundant duck in the survey.

Categories: Waterfowl, Wildlife
  • July 11, 2024
Mallards in flight over wetlands with mountains in background.

The painting of mallards will be featured on the 2024-25 California Duck Stamp.

Categories: Duck Stamp
  • December 14, 2023
A group of snow geese rest together on a wetland.

Wildlife disease specialists have confirmed the re-occurrence of the Eurasian strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in California wild birds.

Categories: Environment, Hunting, Urban Wildlife, Waterfowl
  • September 13, 2023
a group of waterfowl flying in the air

Hunters can soon participate in no-fee waterfowl hunts amid restored salt ponds at Congressman Pete Stark Ecological Reserve at Eden Landing (formerly Eden Landing Ecological Reserve) in Hayward

Categories: Lands, Waterfowl

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