Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community CDFW Documents Statewide Impact of Recent Drought on Fish and Aquatic Species June 18, 2019 in Wildlife Research One silver lining to emerge from the severe drought that impacted California earlier this decade was that it whetted an appetite to study the event and compile data designed to help fish and aquatic species better weather future droughts. Tagged With: drought, monitoring, statewide, stressor, water, water quality, watershed Sierra Nevada Bighorn: A 21st Century Wildlife Success Story May 17, 2018 in Wildlife Research Seven animals. Can just seven Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep really make much of an impact on the species’ future? CDFW scientists believe so, which is why they came away pleased with the results of their annual spring helicopter capture this past March. Tagged With: bighorn, capture, capturing, collaring, ear tag, endangered, GPS, helicopter, monitoring, relocation, sheep, sierra nevada, tracking, translocation, VHF California Native Plant Week April 18, 2017 in General California hosts approximately 6,500 different kinds of plants that occur naturally in the state, and many of these are found nowhere else in the world. Some of these plants are so rare or have been so impacted by human influence that they are at risk of permanent extinction from the wild and have been protected by state and federal laws. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Native Plant Program is developing and implementing standardized and repeatable monitoring plans for ten state and federally listed plant species on nine CDFW Ecological Reserves throughout the state. This work is funded by a federal grant awarded in 2015. Tagged With: Baldwin Lake, botany, CDFW, Holcomb Valley, meadowfoam, native, pebble plains, Big Bear, Bjerke, Burton, Butte County, California, ecological reserve, habitat conservation, monitoring, Native Plant Program, Native Plant Week, plants, Table Mountain, thelypodium
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