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    • November 11, 2022
    An American flag flaps off the stern of a boat on a lake.

    CDFW thanks California veterans for their service to and sacrifice for our country.

    Categories: Fishing, Hunting, R3
    • November 10, 2022
    Vamos a Pescar logo.

    CDFW is now accepting applications for the Vamos A Pescar community grant program for fishing programs, classes and activities committed to educating and engaging diverse, multi-generational, bi/multi-lingual participants new to fishing, boating and aquatic stewardship in California.

    Categories: Fishing, Grants, R3
    • November 10, 2022
    Vamos a Pescar logo

    El Departamento de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de California (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CDFW) se encuentra ya aceptando solicitudes para el programa de subvenciones comunitarias Vamos A Pescar para programas, clases y actividades de pesca comprometidos con la educación y la participación de participantes diversos, multigeneracionales, bi/multilingües que sean nuevos en la pesca, navegación y administración acuática en California.

    Categories: Fishing, Grants, R3
    • November 8, 2022
    A recently caught Chinook salmon on the river bank next to a fishing rod.

    CDFW has announced that recreational fishing for adult, fall-run Chinook salmon on the Klamath River has reopened between Interstate 5 near Hornbrook and 3,500-feet below the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County.

    Categories: Klamath Basin, Salmon
    • November 1, 2022
    A black bear walks along a U.S. Forest Service road in Northern California.

    Fall is underway in the Tahoe Basin and Lake Tahoe bears are hungry! Autumn is the time of year when bears enter hyperphagia, a phase they go through when they seek massive amounts of calories before entering their winter dens.

    Categories: Bears, Wildlife, Wildlife Health