Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds California Outdoors Q&A OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up(opens in new tab) *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on Twitter @CaliforniaDFW(opens in new tab) Follow on Facebook(opens in new tab) Search News 2022-2024 News Releases New Surcharge on Bird Hunting Validations to Provide Nesting Habitat for Waterfowl, Upland Game Birds in California March 28, 2022 State legislation to incentivize the creation of upland nesting habitat for ducks and other ground-nesting game birds in California will result in a $10 surcharge on the price of both the California Duck Validation and the Upland Game Bird Validation next hunting season. Continue reading... Categories: Drought, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Lands, Licensing, Waterfowl, Wildlife Tagged: Waterfowl HuntingUpland Game Bird HuntingLicensingWildlife HabitatConservationRestoration Help Save California’s Native Wildlife and Plant Species When Filing Your Taxes March 21, 2022 You can have a positive impact on key issues affecting California’s native species when you donate to CDFW’s tax check-off funds on your California State Income Tax Form 540. Continue reading... Categories: General, Habitat Restoration, Rare Species, Wildlife Tagged: native wildlifeplantstaxesotterssea otterswildlife rehabilitationtax check-off CDFW Awards $13 Million for Coho Recovery Projects on the North Coast February 22, 2022 CDFW today announced the award of funding to an initial 15 multi-benefit restoration and protection projects for North Coast coho salmon recovery under its Proposition 1 grant program. Continue reading... Categories: Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon Tagged: Prop. 1cohosalmonrestrorationrecoveryfisheriesgrants Pilot Project to Return Salmon to Their Historical Habitat above Shasta Dam Receives Initial Funding February 10, 2022 CDFW today announced that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) will receive $1.5 million in funding for the Juvenile Salmonid Collection System Pilot Project in the McCloud Arm of Shasta reservoir. Continue reading... Categories: Drought, Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Rare Species, Salmon, Scientific Study Tagged: Chinook SalmonEndangered SpeciesMcCloud RiverShasta ReservoirWinter-Run ChinookSacramento River CDFW Offers More Than $750,000 in Grants to Enhance or Restore Habitat February 2, 2022 CDFW’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) is seeking grant applications to help fund projects that enhance or restore habitat for wildlife, with available funding totaling more than $750,000. Continue reading... Categories: General, Habitat Restoration Tagged: OSPROffice of Spill Prevention and Responsehabitat restoration Prev12...45678910