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News Releases, 2022-Present

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Underwater photo of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Klamath Basin.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced nearly $36 million in projects to benefit salmon and their habitats, and to further support climate resiliency, wildlife corridors and wetlands restoration.

Categories:   Fire, Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Klamath Basin, Salmon
Dungeness crab.

CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced a fishery closure for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in fishing zones 3, 4, 5 and 6 (Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border) effective at noon on April 15, 2023.

Categories:   Dungeness Crab, Fisheries
A black bear with an ear tag  climbs a tree in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The snow will be melting soon in the Lake Tahoe region and a heavy winter will give way to a busy spring for wildlife in the area. Bears that have been in winter dens will be emerging soon and they will be hungry!

Categories:   Bears, Human Wildlife Conflict
A gray wolf wearing a satellite collar moves through the timber in Siskiyou County.

CDFW and the Siskiyou County Department of Agriculture will host two technical assistance workshops in Yreka on March 30 to help livestock producers impacted by wolf presence to navigate the application process required for CDFW’s Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grants Pilot Program.

Categories:   Human Wildlife Conflict, Wolves
A yearling male wolf is released back to the wild in Siskiyou County after being captured and collared.

CDFW has announced the safe and successful capture and collar of two gray wolves in Siskiyou County. The two wolves were captured March 17, fitted with satellite collars, measured and sampled for DNA and disease surveillance, and safely released back to the wild.

Categories:   Human Wildlife Conflict, Rare Species, Scientific Study, Wolves

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