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Several mourning doves perch in bare tree limbs.

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.

Categories:   Upland Game
A panoramic, sweeping view of the mouth of the Klamath River where it enters the Pacific Ocean.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,” a 60-page blueprint to guide the reintroduction and monitoring of Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey in a newly undammed Klamath River.

Categories:   Environment, Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Klamath Basin, Salmon, Scientific Study, Species
Fire-damaged trees within the San Vicente mountains.

The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved 23 habitat conservation and restoration projects spanning 22 counties across nearly 7,891 acres at its Aug. 22 quarterly meeting.

Categories:   Grants, WCB, Wildlife Conservation Board
Researchers hold a white sturgeon aboard a boat.

The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) has adopted regulations to reopen sport fishing for white sturgeon on a catch-and-release basis while the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) conducts a status review to determine if listing the species as “threatened” under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) is warranted.

Categories:   Environment, FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Sturgeon
A camouflage-outfitted big game hunter pulls back his bow and takes aim in the forest.

Archery deer seasons open throughout most of California on Saturday, Aug. 17, including in four hunt zones – D7, X9a, X9b and X9c – where successful hunters are required to test their animals for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) within 10 days of take.

Categories:   Big Game, Deer

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