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Seven tundra swans swim in a flooded Sacramento Valley rice field with other ducks and water birds in the background.

CDFW is offering free swan tours in Yuba County near Marysville on select Saturdays, November through early January.

Categories:   Environment, Waterfowl, Wildlife
a beaver sitting in water in natural habitat

CDFW has announced the availability of up to $2 million in grant funding for non-lethal beaver damage management, in support of ecosystem restoration and protection under the Nature-Based Solutions Initiative and CDFW’s beaver restoration and human-wildlife conflict program objectives.

Categories:   Environment, General, Human Wildlife Conflict, Urban Wildlife, Wildlife

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), joined by state, federal and non-governmental organization partners, has intensified its response to help birds affected by avian botulism at Tulare Lake, contracting with the expert Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN) to provide emergency veterinary care. Avian botulism is caused by a toxin-producing bacteria that occurs naturally in bodies of water like Tulare Lake.

Categories:   Environment, Species, Wildlife, Wildlife Health
An artist's depiction of two mountain quail as featured on the 2021 Upland Game Bird Stamp.

CDFW is asking hunters to provide mountain quail samples for the California Conservation Genomics Project and for the department’s own genetic library.

Categories:   Hunting, Outreach, Scientific Study, Upland Game, Wildlife
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

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