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 Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects February 17, 2023 At its February 16, 2023, quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board approved approximately $51.83 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Lands, WCB, Wildlife Tagged: Wildlife Conservation BoardGrant FundngHabitat Restoration Indiana Artist Wins California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest February 17, 2023 Jeffrey Klinefelter has won the 2021-22 California Upland Game Bird Stamp art contest. Continue reading... Categories: Upland Game Bird Stamp Tagged: Upland GameStamphunting CDFW’s Cannabis Grant Program Awards Nearly $6 Million For Qualified Cultivator, Watershed Enhancement and Cleanup and Remediation Projects February 17, 2023 CDFW announced the selection of eight projects to receive funding for resource protection. Continue reading... Categories: Cannabis, Grants Tagged: cannabisgrantsresource protectionwater conservationqualified cultivator Avian Influenza Detected in Deceased Bobcat February 15, 2023 Wildlife disease specialists with CDFW recently received confirmation that an adult bobcat died from the Eurasian strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. This is the first detection of the virus in a wild mammal in the state. Continue reading... Categories: Wildlife Health Tagged: bobcatavian influenzaHPAI Caltrans, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Brightline Agree to Build Wildlife Overcrossings for Rail Project February 15, 2023 The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and Brightline West have entered into an agreement to design and construct three wildlife overcrossings across Interstate 15 (I-15) and the future Brightline West high-speed rail system connecting Las Vegas and Southern California. Continue reading... Categories: General, Urban Wildlife Tagged: overcrossings Prev12...57585960616263...9899Next