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News Releases, 2022-Present

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A herd of Roosevelt elk along the North Coast.

CDFW is accepting applications for five bull elk tags offered through its Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program this spring.

Categories:   Big Game, Hunting, Wildlife
Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the snow

CDFW biologists announce the first capture and collar of a Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the southern Sierra.

Categories:   Rare Species, Species, Wildlife
A Siskiyou County wolf is released from a crate after capture and collaring.

CDFW recently completed helicopter capture operations resulting in the satellite collaring of five gray wolves in northern California.

Categories:   Environment, Human Wildlife Conflict, Rare Species, Wildlife, Wildlife Health, Wolves
Creek flowing through forest. Chamberlain Creek

As part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s comprehensive strategy to restore and rebuild California’s salmon population, CDFW has selected 16 projects to receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of salmon and steelhead (anadromous salmonid) habitat in California watersheds. The total funding for these projects amounts to more than $10 million in grant awards.

Categories:   Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon, Species, Trout, Wildlife
A helicopter carrying three deer takes off from a high mountain setting.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is initiating efforts in northern California to capture deer, elk and wolves by helicopter and outfit the animals with GPS collars.

Categories:   Scientific Study, Wildlife

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