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 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 On the Trail of the Mysterious Sierra Nevada Red Fox February 28, 2018 in General The Sierra Nevada red fox has been the subject of intensified study by CDFW over the past decade. As they are notoriously tough to track and even tougher to trap, there are many unanswered questions regarding this elusive animal. Tagged With: Fish and Wildlife, range, biology, California, Cascade, CDFW, DFG, DNA, fox, hair-snaring device, Jennifer Carlson, Lassen National Forest, Lassen Peak, Mount Shasta, red fox, science, Sierra Nevada, track, U.S. Forest Service, USFS, Volcanic National Park CDFW Gets a Jump on Preserving Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frogs February 8, 2018 in General It does not take a leap of faith to believe that CDFW scientists have gained the upper hand in bolstering the population of yellow-legged frogs in the High Sierra. Tagged With: CDFW, Fish and Wildlife, amphibian, biology, California, chytridiomycosis, Clyde Lake, Desolation Wilderness, ecology, El Dorado County, endangered, environment, frog, Highland Lake, Mussulman, science, Sierra Nevada, threatened, USFWS, Yellow-legged Golden Trout Relocation August 23, 2017 in General This summer marked the end of an incredible journey for four dozen of California’s designated state freshwater fish, the golden trout, as they returned home after 10 months away. The fish traveled more than 500 miles in tanks and buckets, by hand and by mule, en route to their native waters 9,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada range. Tagged With: American River Fish Hatchery, California, CDFW, drought, Fish and Wildlife, freshwater, golden trout, Kern River, rescue, Sierra Nevada, state fish, threatened species, Tulare County, video, Volcanic Creek The Long Journey of Heenan Lake’s Lahontan Cutthroat Trout June 8, 2017 in General For generations, anglers in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada mountains fished for one of the most cherished fish in the west, the Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT). These native beauties are prized for their size, with some growing as large as 40 pounds in the Tahoe Basin. Tagged With: eggs, trout, California, CDFW, cutthroat, endangered, fish, fishing, hatchery, Heenan Lake, Lahontan, LCT, Sierra Nevada, spawn
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