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2022-2024 News Releases

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  • August 8, 2024
White-fronted geese fly over the Sacramento Valley.

CDFW, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters on public land hunting programs in the northern Sacramento Valley. The meeting will also provide updates on habitat conditions, availability of water for wetlands, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and hunting access opportunities.

Categories: Hunting, Lands, Outreach, Waterfowl, Wildlife
  • August 6, 2024
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area birds flying over wetlands

CDFW will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters regarding hunting programs on Type A Wildlife Areas in the Bay Delta Region. The online meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Categories: Hunting, Lands, Outreach, Waterfowl
  • July 29, 2024
flooded wetlands

CDFW Central Region, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters regarding hunting programs in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The meeting will include updates on habitat conditions and the availability of water for wetlands.

Categories: Big Game, Deer, Hunting, Lands, Outreach, R3, Upland Game, Waterfowl
  • July 25, 2024
Different species of wild ducks rest at the Yolo Basin Wildlife Area.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its 2024 waterfowl breeding population survey. The resulting data indicate the overall number of breeding ducks has decreased by 25 percent, while mallards decreased 12 percent, the most abundant duck in the survey.

Categories: Waterfowl, Wildlife
  • March 20, 2024
Mallard in flight

CDFW invites artists to submit their original artwork to the 2024-2025 California Duck Stamp Art Contest. Submissions will be accepted May 6 through June 14.

Categories: Duck Stamp, Hunting, Waterfowl

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