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    • March 29, 2022

    El Equipo del Oso de Interagencia del Lago Tahoe, una asociación entre el Departamento de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de California (CDFW), los Parques Estatales de California (CSP), el Departamento de Vida Silvestre de Nevada (NDW), la Agencia de Planificación Regional de Tahoe (TRPA), Y el Servicio Forestal del USDA (USFS), están pidiendo a todos los miembros de la comunidad que esperen un aumento de la actividad del oso después del incendio Caldor mientras los osos se preparan para salir de sus cuevas invernales.

    Categories: Bears, Drought, Human Wildlife Conflict, Urban Wildlife
    • March 29, 2022

    The Lake Tahoe Interagency Bear Team, a partnership between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Parks, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and the USDA Forest Service, is asking all community members to expect increased bear activity following the Caldor Fire as bears prepare to emerge from their winter dens.

    Categories: Fire, Human Wildlife Conflict, Urban Wildlife
    • March 28, 2022
    A wild, male ring-necked pheasant emerges from heavy cover at the Little Dry Creek Unit, Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area.

    State legislation to incentivize the creation of upland nesting habitat for ducks and other ground-nesting game birds in California will result in a $10 surcharge on the price of both the California Duck Validation and the Upland Game Bird Validation next hunting season.

    Categories: Drought, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Lands, Licensing, Waterfowl, Wildlife
    • February 18, 2022
    Several Dungeness crab caught inside a net and being hauled aboard a commercial fishing vessel.

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is issuing a statewide fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery due to a recent humpback whale entanglement, approximately 5 miles west of Cypress Point near Monterey Bay (Fishing Zone 4).

    Categories: Fisheries, Marine
    • February 10, 2022
    A close-up view of the head and front section of a Chinook salmon.

    CDFW today announced that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) will receive $1.5 million in funding for the Juvenile Salmonid Collection System Pilot Project in the McCloud Arm of Shasta reservoir.

    Categories: Drought, Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Rare Species, Salmon, Scientific Study