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    • January 25, 2023
    River running through meadow with purple flowers in foreground and mountains behind

    Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects

    Categories: WCB
    • 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
    • January 11, 2023
    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
    • 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
    • December 29, 2022
    image of creek in forest with running water

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 25 projects that will receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of anadromous salmonid habitat in California watersheds.

    Categories: Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration