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An ear-tagged black bear climbs a pine tree in the Lake Tahoe area.

The Tahoe Interagency Bear Team (TIBT) is a collective of bear experts across federal, state and local agencies who study and understand bears and have devoted much of their professional lives to ensure the health and well-being of the Lake Tahoe Basin’s black bears. TIBT provides proven and scientifically backed information about the real issues and solutions for living and recreating in bear country.

Categories:   Bears, Fire

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the recent capture, collar and release of 12 gray wolves in northern California.

Categories:   Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Health, Wolves
State officials, conservation leaders watch as Round Valley Indian Tribes President Joseph Parker signs a water rights agreement at the California Natural Resources Agency headquarters in Sacramento.

California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham today joined with the Round Valley Indian Tribes, supervisors from Humboldt, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, California Trout, Trout Unlimited and other state and local leaders to announce a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a water agreement that will ensure water reliability for 600,000 or more of coastal Californians, farmers and ranchers while allowing the Eel River to again flow free to benefit salmon, environmental health, tribal and local communities.

Categories:   Environment, Fisheries, Habitat Restoration, Salmon
Two pronghorn antelope photographed on the northeastern corner of California.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Modoc County District Attorney’s Office have announced the settlement of a pronghorn antelope poaching investigation and prosecution resulting in the loss of hunting privileges, the forfeiture of the game, a $3,000 restitution payment and other penalties.

Categories:   Big Game, Wildlife
CDFW staffer holds up a cell phone to show the CIRAS online angler survey platform.

CDFW is excited to announce the launch of a web-based platform called the California Inland Recreational Angler Survey, or CIRAS, that will provide the public with helpful fishing information driven by data submitted by anglers.

Categories:   Environment, Fisheries, Fishing, Technology, Trout

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