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A high Sierra lake surrounded by granite cliffs.

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.

Categories:   Education, Environment, Fisheries, Marine, Outreach, Plants, Scientific Study, Species
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
Joshua trees

Join CDFW Thursday, April 4, 2024, from 10 a.m. to noon, for a virtual meeting on the development of a western Joshua tree conservation plan.

Categories:   Environment, Plants, Rare Species, Species
Bighorn sheep photographed in 2015 survey

CDFW, in partnership with U.S. Forest Service and the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep, is seeking volunteers for the Annual Bighorn Sheep Survey in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Categories:   Outreach, Species, Wildlife, Wildlife Health
scientist holding tail of white sturgeon on deck of boat

The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) enacted emergency regulations yesterday to reduce the harvest of white sturgeon in state waters.

Categories:   Fisheries, Fishing, Species

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