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A painting of band-tailed pigeons has been chosen by a panel of judges as the winning entry in the 2025-26 California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest. The painting was created by Diane Ford of Bethesda, Maryland.

CDFW is accepting applications for five bull elk tags offered through its Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program this spring.

CDFW is offering wild pig hunting opportunities in March, April and May at the Joice Island Unit of the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in Solano County.

CDFW biologists announce the first capture and collar of a Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the southern Sierra.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife supported a wide array of activities in 2025 to help reduce and address environmental impacts associated with cannabis cultivation in California—including awarding millions of dollars in grants, investigating and documenting hundreds of environmental violations, and making hundreds of compliance visits to cannabis cultivation sites.