Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community CDFW’s Science Institute: Providing Our Scientists with the Tools for Success July 3, 2020 in Science Spotlight CDFW is a department with about 1,200 employees in scientific classifications, spread from Yreka in the north to Blythe in the southeast. Their expertise spans a broad spectrum of subjects – wildlife management, fisheries management, marine issues, habitat conservation and restoration, veterinary science, pathology, genetics, invasive species and so much more. Tagged With: 2020-2025 Science Institute Strategic Action Plan, biodiversity conservation principles, CDFW’s Science Institute, Christina Sloop, climate change, fisheries management, genetics, habitat conservation and restoration, invasive species, marine issues, pathology, veterinary science, wildlife management Banding Together: Two Pacific Flyway States Share Resources to Manage Geese October 5, 2018 in Wildlife Research Every September, California Department of Fish and Wildlife waterfowl biologist Melanie Weaver sets off on an unusual business trip. She packs up a trailer with huge nets, wire, rockets, crates and a number of VHF collars. She makes the seven-hour drive to Summer Lake, in southern Oregon’s high desert country, and settles in for a waterfowl capture project of indeterminate length. Tagged With: geese, goose, oregon, pacific, specklebelly, specs, tule, white-fronted, wildlife management CDFW Bands Together with NWTF to Benefit Wild Turkey Hunters June 11, 2018 in General Recent efforts to determine the number of turkeys on the Upper Butte Wildlife Area have been a net success. Tagged With: band, banding, grant, hunting, national wild turkey federation, NWTF, population, turkeys, upland game, upland game bird stamp fund, wild, wildlife management
Subscribe to receive Science Institute news by email. Email Subscribe Recent Posts Restoring Habitat at Southern California’s Salton SeaJanuary 6, 2021New Issue of CDFW Scientific Journal Focuses on WildfireJanuary 4, 2021Spotlight: Kokanee Salmon Egg Collection from Stampede ReservoirDecember 14, 2020New Issue of CDFW’s Scientific Journal Reviews Environmental Impacts of Cannabis CultivationOctober 30, 2020Endangered Fish Get a Lift to Safety After WildfiresOctober 21, 2020Read More Archives 2021January (2) 2020January (1) February (1) March (2) April (1) May (3) June (3) July (4) August (3) September (2) October (3) November (1) December (1) 2019January (2) February (3) March (4) April (4) May (2) June (2) July (2) August (1) September (1) October (1) December (1) 2018January (5) February (4) March (3) April (5) May (4) June (2) July (5) August (3) September (4) October (4) November (1) December (2) 2017February (2) March (3) April (4) May (5) June (3) July (3) August (5) September (4) October (4) November (4) December (3) Mammals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Fish Invertebrates Plants Ecosystems Pollution and Water Quality Climate and Renewable Energy