Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community Enumerating California’s Most Elusive Residents: Puma concolor July 13, 2018 in General It’s just before dawn in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mono County. It’s a cold clear morning, a good day to be out experiencing a still very much wild area of California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) biologist Justin Dellinger and a Wildlife Services houndsman are preparing gear to go out looking for fresh mountain lion tracks in this vast landscape. Tagged With: capture, collar, cougar, Dellinger, eastern Sierra, GPS, houndsman, Mono, Mountain lion, puma, Sierra Nevada, tracking, Wildlife Services Badly Burned Ursines Get Back on their Feet – Thanks to Teamwork and Fish Skin January 22, 2018 in General Two talented veterinarians, an environmental scientist and several dedicated staff members at the CDFW Wildlife Investigations Lab recently put their heads and their resources together to help heal a pair of adult bears that were badly burned in the Thomas Fire. The bears, which were treated at the same time as a young mountain lion with similar, less severe burn injuries, were released back to the wild last Thursday, after several weeks of intensive – and unusual – care. Tagged With: bears, burn treatment, burned wildlife, California, CDFW, Christine Thompson, Deana Clifford, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Duane Tom, injured, Jacob Coombs, Jamie Peyton, Los Padres, mountain lion, Ojai, pregnant bear, Santa Paula, Thomas Fire, tilapia skin, UC Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital, ursine, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, veterinary, wildlife, Wildlife Investigations Lab, wildlife rescue California Fish and Game Journal, Issue 103-1 August 15, 2017 in California Fish and Game Journal, Wildlife Research The latest issue of California Fish and Game, CDFW’s scientific journal, is now available online. This century-old quarterly journal contains peer-reviewed scientific literature that explores and advances the conservation and understanding of California’s flora and fauna. Tagged With: elk, Fish and Game, Fish and Wildlife, bi-valve, black-tail, Butte Sink, California, CDFW, conservation, deer, habitat, journal, Klamath Mountains, Klamath River, lick sites, mineral, mountain lion, mussels, Oregon, pickleweed, radiotelemetry, research, Roosevelt, Sacramento Valley, salt marsh harvest mouse, scientific, Siskiyou, SMHM, studies, study, Winter Issue 103
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