Recent News Releases CDFW Provides Update on California Brown Pelican Stranding Event June 24, 2022 Since approximately May 13, 2022, several Central and Southern California wildlife rehabilitation facilities from Monterey County south to San Diego County have admitted hundreds of sick California brown pelicans, a fully protected species in California. Continue reading... Categories: Wildlife Health Tagged: brown pelicanstarvation Boaters Asked to Help Fight Spread Of Invasive Mussels over Memorial Day Weekend May 27, 2022 As Californians gear up for another beautiful summer full of outdoors recreation, boaters are being asked to remember the importance of cleaning, draining and drying their watercraft to combat the spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels. Continue reading... Categories: Invasive Species Tagged: invasive speciesquagga and zebra musselsMemorial DayBoatersclean drain and dry Wildlife Scientists Continue to Seek Cause of California Brown Pelican Illness and Mortality May 26, 2022 Since approximately May 13, 2022, several Southern and Central California wildlife rehabilitation facilities from San Luis Obispo County south to San Diego County have been admitting hundreds of California brown pelicans, a fully protected species in California Continue reading... Categories: Marine, Wildlife, Wildlife Health Tagged: brown pelicansstarvationrehab facilities California Fish Hatcheries Reopen to Public Visitors April 6, 2022 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce that 21 of its 22 state fish hatcheries will reopen to the public on Thursday, April 7. The facilities have been closed to visitors for nearly two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, although hatchery operations and stocking efforts continued without significant interruption. Continue reading... Categories: Education, Fisheries, Hatcheries Tagged: hatcheriesfisherieseducation CDFW Moves Quickly to Close the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Statewide in Response to Humpback Whale Entanglements April 6, 2022 CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced the closure of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Fishing Zones 1 and 2 (Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the Oregon state line) effective at noon on April 20, 2022. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Marine Tagged: humpback whaleswhale entanglementscommercial dungeness crab CDFW’s SHARE Program Now Offering New Public Fishing Opportunities February 25, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now offering public fishing opportunities through the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program. Continue reading... Categories: Fishing, Hunting Tagged: SHAREfishinghunting CDFW Awards $9.7 Million for Fisheries Habitat Restoration Program Projects December 22, 2021 CDFW today announced the selection of 15 projects that will receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of anadromous salmonid habitat in California watersheds. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Habitat Restoration Tagged: fisherieshabitat restorationfunding Eight More Former Wildlife Waystation Chimpanzees Moved to New Home December 7, 2021 Eight chimpanzees that were living at the now-closed Wildlife Waystation wild animal sanctuary near Los Angeles have been moved to the Center for Great Apes in Florida. Continue reading... Categories: Urban Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Health Tagged: Wildlife WaystationwildlifeChimps California Drivers Reminded to Watch out for Wildlife September 29, 2021 As the season changes and Californians turn their clocks back an hour, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is urging drivers to be extra alert for wildlife on the state’s roads and highways. Continue reading... Categories: Bears, Deer, Human Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife Tagged: watch out for wildlifebearsdeerhuman wildlife conflict Mountain Lion Dispatched After Attack Near Calabasas August 28, 2021 CDFW confirmed that a mountain lion shot and killed by a wildlife officer was the one responsible for injuring a five-year-old boy Thursday near Calabasas in Los Angeles County. The boy is in stable condition. Continue reading... Categories: Human Wildlife Conflict, Law Enforcement, Wildlife Tagged: mountain lionlaw enforcement 12Next
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