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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) National Archery in the Schools Program (CalNASP) is excited to announce the 2025-26 grant cycle is now open.

CDFW has returned California’s only native sunfish – the Sacramento perch – to its namesake city and county, recently stocking 3,000 mostly juvenile fish into a pond at Granite Regional Park to create a unique urban fishing opportunity.

CDFW is now accepting applications for the Vamos A Pescar community grant program.

Sept. 7 is California Biodiversity Day, an annual event marking the anniversary of the launch of the California Biodiversity Initiative in 2018. California is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and is one of 36 global biodiversity hotspots — areas containing exceptional concentrations of plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet.

Preventing harmful impacts of non-native plants and animals protects the biodiversity of California — home to more species than any other state in the union.