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$41 million in grants were awarded for 20 restoration and protection projects throughout the state to benefit wetlands and meadows, Southern California steelhead and watersheds impacted by cannabis cultivation.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites nonprofit organizations to help wildlife by auctioning big game hunting license tags for the 2025-26 hunt season.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Sept. 11, 2024, the selection of a project that will assist more than 200 Mendocino County cannabis cultivators meet requirements to transition from provisional to annual licensure.

Sept. 7 is California Biodiversity Day, an annual event marking the anniversary of the launch of the California Biodiversity Initiative in 2018. California is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and is one of 36 global biodiversity hotspots — areas containing exceptional concentrations of plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet.

With select fields plowed, planted, mowed or otherwise primed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is prepared to welcome dove hunters to many of its wildlife areas for the Sept. 1 season opener.