CDFW News | Conservation

CDFW Awards $26 Million for Ecosystem and Watershed Restoration, Protection and Scientific Study Projects Statewide

June 22, 2022

Landscape of Martis Meadow on a sunny day, with trees and snow-capped mountains in the distance

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has selected 23 ecosystem restoration and protection projects to fund under its Proposition 1 Watershed Restoration Grant and Delta Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program. The awards total $26 million.

Categories: Grants, Habitat Restoration, Lands

New Surcharge on Bird Hunting Validations to Provide Nesting Habitat for Waterfowl, Upland Game Birds in California

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

Tagged: Waterfowl Hunting Upland Game Bird Hunting Licensing Wildlife Habitat Conservation Restoration

Nonprofits Encouraged to Apply for Fundraising Hunting Tags

November 9, 2021

A desert bighorn ram climbs high in the steep rocky landscape of the Cady Mountains in San Bernardino County.

CDFW invites nonprofit organizations to support wildlife research, habitat and management by auctioning off limited big game hunting tags for the 2022-23 season.

Categories: Big Game, Hunting, Scientific Study, Wildlife

Tagged: Fundraising Tags Big Game Hunting Conservation