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    • March 15, 2023
    picture of wildlife on report cover

    CDFW has released an updated report identifying the most important areas to advance wildlife connectivity projects.

    Categories: Wildlife, Wildlife Health
    • February 17, 2023
    wild ducks fly over wetlands

    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.

    Categories: Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Lands, WCB, Wildlife
    • January 31, 2023
    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
    • January 24, 2023
    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
    • December 29, 2022
    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