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  • May 26, 2023
Rolling green hills in Western Merced County featuring a road cutting through the hills and a peak in the distance.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting applications for a limited number of deer and pig hunting permits for opening weekend of the A Zone general season, Aug. 12-13.

Categories: Big Game, Deer, Hunting, R3
  • May 25, 2023
Big Chico Creek

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce $20.4 million in awards to 15 projects to improve salmon habitat and support climate resiliency, wildlife corridors and wetlands restoration.

Categories: General, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon
  • May 24, 2023
beaver swimming in natural habitat

CDFW invites the public to attend its Beaver Restoration Informational Meeting via webinar this Thursday, May 25, from 2 to 3 p.m.

Categories: General, Habitat Restoration, Outreach, Species, Wildlife
  • May 16, 2023
image of map depicting yuba river restoration

A framework agreement between state, federal and local agencies will reopen miles of habitat to multiple native fish species and promote the return of imperiled spring-run Chinook salmon to their native habitat in the North Yuba River for the first time in more than 100 years.

Categories: Fisheries, General, Habitat Restoration, Salmon, Species
  • May 2, 2023
graphic of dungeness crab fishing zones

CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and implemented a 30-fathom depth constraint for Fishing Zones 1 and 2

Categories: Dungeness Crab

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