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2022-2024 News Releases

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  • September 18, 2023
A pair of pintail ducks, male and female, rest on a wetland pond.

CDFW will reopen the Shasta Valley Wildlife Area in Siskiyou County to limited waterfowl hunting this season after a complete closure the past two seasons. Although many parts of California received record rainfall and snowpack during the winter and spring of 2022-23, northeastern California remained comparatively dry. As a result, only dry field hunting will be allowed for waterfowl hunting this season at the Shasta Valley Wildlife Area.

Categories: Environment, Hunting, Klamath Basin, Lands, 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
  • August 30, 2023

It’s a national holiday for some that doesn’t show up on any calendar. A day to rekindle friendships, of barbecues and extended family reunions. It’s a day some Californians pick El Centro over El Capitan, when Blythe and Brawley best Beverly Hills, a day it’s better to have hotel reservations closer to Calipatria than Carmel. It’s the single busiest day on the hunting calendar when more Californians are out hunting than any other. It’s the Sept. 1 statewide dove season opener.

Categories: Hunting, Lands, Law Enforcement, Licensing
  • August 17, 2023
Hunters gather in the predawn hours around the Little Dray Creek check station to sign in and hunt for the day.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), will hold an online outreach meeting next week to take comments and recommendations regarding hunting programs in the northern Sacramento Valley from licensed hunters. The meeting will include updates on habitat conditions, availability of water for wetlands, avian influenza and hunting access opportunities.

Categories: Hunting, Lands, Upland Game, Waterfowl
  • August 15, 2023
landscape image of north grasslands in San Joaquin County

CDFW, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will hold an online outreach meeting for licensed hunters to take comments and recommendations regarding hunting programs in the northern San Joaquin Valley.

Categories: Lands, Outreach

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