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2022-2024 News Releases

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  • March 30, 2023
Photo of drone flying

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently allowed public land managers such as CDFW the opportunity to include properties in their mobile app, which is used by many drone operators.

Categories: Lands, Wildlife
  • March 15, 2023
picture of wildlife on report cover

CDFW has released an updated report identifying the most important areas to advance wildlife connectivity projects.

Categories: Wildlife, Wildlife Health
  • January 24, 2023
Sierra Nevada red fox at night near a camera station

The Sierra Nevada red fox (SNRF) which historically inhabited the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades in California and Oregon, has been detected near Taboose Pass, on the eastern boundary of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park – a first for that region since the 1930s.

Categories: Wildlife
  • December 28, 2022
One of final two chimps moved from Wildlife Waystation

With the relocation of two chimps in early December, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has moved all the animals that had been living at the now-closed Wildlife Waystation in Los Angeles County.

Categories: Wildlife
  • December 22, 2022
Map showing California fishing zones

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery statewide on Dec. 31, 2022.

Categories: Fisheries, Marine

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