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California BearWise logo

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) are proud to support BearWise, the innovative North American program that helps people live more responsibly with bears.

Categories:   Bears, Education, Human Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife
River running through meadow with purple flowers in foreground and mountains behind

Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects

Categories:   WCB
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
illustrated map of Dungeness crab zones

CDFW will lift the Dungeness crab trap prohibition in Fishing Zones 3-6 (all areas south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line) for the recreational fishery on Jan. 14, 2023 at 8:01 a.m.

Categories:   Fisheries, Marine
A panoramic overview of the Ocean Ranch Unit in Humboldt County.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce that its Ocean Ranch Unit in Humboldt County, part of the larger Eel River Wildlife Area, will open to waterfowl hunting and general public access beginning Monday, January 2, 2023.

Categories:   Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Lands, Wildlife

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