Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds California Outdoors Q&A OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up(opens in new tab) *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on Twitter @CaliforniaDFW(opens in new tab) Follow on Facebook(opens in new tab) Search News 2022-2024 News Releases CDFW Holding Public Workshops in Central and Southern California to Promote Grant Funding Opportunities May 9, 2023 CDFW’s Restoration Grant Program is holding two in-person workshops in central and Southern California to provide information on various grant funding opportunities and the application process. Continue reading... Categories: Grants Tagged: grantswatershedrestoration CDFW Announces Depth Restriction for the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Fishing Zones 1 and 2 and Recreational Crab Trap Prohibition in Zones 3-6 to Protect Humpback Whales May 2, 2023 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 Continue reading... Categories: Dungeness Crab Tagged: Dungeness crabwhale entanglement Tribe, state and federal partners join to return endangered salmon to historic habitat May 1, 2023 The CDFW, NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe signed agreements to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California, on May 1, 2023. Continue reading... Categories: Salmon Tagged: Chinook salmon First Case of SARS-CoV-2 in California Wildlife Confirmed in a Mule Deer April 26, 2023 SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been detected for the first time in free-ranging California wildlife. Continue reading... Categories: Deer, Wildlife Health Tagged: COVID-19California WildlifeSARS-CoV-2Mule Deer May 2023 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar April 26, 2023 The May CDFW Calendar of Events is now available. Continue reading... Categories: Calendar Tagged: Calendarevents Prev12...50515253545556...9899Next