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landscape image of north grasslands in San Joaquin County

CDFW, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will hold an online outreach meeting for licensed hunters to take comments and recommendations regarding hunting programs in the northern San Joaquin Valley.

Categories:   Lands, Outreach
quillback rockfish on a boat dock

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that as of 12:01 a.m. Monday Aug. 21, 2023, the 50 fathom Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) boundary line for the Northern Groundfish Management Area (GMA), from the California/Oregon state line to Cape Mendocino, will take effect.

Categories:   Fisheries, Marine
a lone wolf through the trees

California has a new gray wolf pack in Tulare County. This is the Golden State’s southernmost pack and it is at least 200 air miles from the nearest known pack in northeastern California.

Categories:   Species, Wildlife, Wolves
man upon airboat in shallow water

CDFW has launched aerial, ground and water surveys of Tulare Lake as part of a coordinated response to monitor and manage avian botulism occurrences due to stagnant and warming water conditions.

Categories:   Waterfowl, Wildlife Health

The operation targeted illegal cannabis cultivation sites that threaten the environment, workers, and other members of the public.

Categories:   Cannabis

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