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2022-2024 News Releases

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  • April 18, 2024
Schoolchildren watch as fall-run Chinook salmon fry are released into the Klamath River from a CDFW tanker truck.

CDFW this week successfully released approximately 500,000 juvenile salmon into the Klamath River just below the Iron Gate Dam.

Categories: Fisheries, Habitat Restoration, Hatcheries, Klamath Basin, Salmon
  • July 14, 2023
a quail on a road closure sign

The Gray Lodge Wildlife Area in Butte County will close some visitor areas on its west side starting this month to accommodate wetland habitat work and related construction.

Categories: Habitat Restoration, Lands
  • June 6, 2023
beaver sitting in water with sun reflecting on water

CDFW has implemented a new policy recognizing the ecological benefits of beavers while mitigating conflict over damage to land and property

Categories: Habitat Restoration, Outreach, Species, Wildlife
  • May 31, 2023
Overview of rolling foothills and oak woodland within the Carmel Valley.

At its May 25, 2023, quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $83.15 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California and, in some cases, provide new and improved public access, recreational and educational opportunities.

Categories: Education, Habitat Restoration, Lands, Rare Species, Scientific Study, Wildlife Conservation Board
  • May 25, 2023
Big Chico Creek

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce $20.4 million in awards to 15 projects to improve salmon habitat and support climate resiliency, wildlife corridors and wetlands restoration.

Categories: General, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon

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